The EU Emissions trading scheme has been characterized as one of the most far-reaching and radical environmental policies for many years. Given the EU's earlier resistance to this market-based and US-flavored program, the development and implementation of the carbon emissions trading program has been rapid. This novel approach to environmental regulation has the potential to dramatically change international strategies for environmental protection. Understanding the origins and evolution within the EU is an important case study that offers significant contributions to the literatures on policy learning and diffusion as well as multilevel governance.
Author(s): Jon Birger Skjærseth and Jørgen Wettestad
Publisher: Ashgate
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 230
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 16
2 Analytical Framework......Page 26
3 Development of the EU ETS......Page 50
4 Initiating EU Emissions Trading......Page 80
5 Deciding on EU Emissions Trading......Page 118
6 Implementing EU Emissions Trading......Page 174
7 Conclusions......Page 196
References......Page 212
Annex I......Page 222
C......Page 224
E......Page 225
G......Page 227
I......Page 228
N......Page 229
U......Page 230
Z......Page 231
