Developing CDM Projects in the Western Balkans: Legal and Technical Issues Compared

ISBN-13: 9789400790803 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 202 str.

Massimiliano Montini

Opis

Developing CDM Projects in the Western Balkans: Legal and Technical Issues Compared, arises from the professional practical experience gained by an interdisciplinary team of legal and technical experts acting in the framework of the environmental bilateral cooperation performed by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea in the Western Balkan countries, through the "Task Force for Central and Eastern Europe." The added value of the book consists in the fact that it jointly presents the real professional experience gained by a multi sectoral team of lawyers, economists, engineers and other technical experts, working in synergy with a shared vision. This volume will be useful not only to those specifically interested in the Western Balkan area, but represents a broader example of lessons learned in the development of CDM projects. Therefore, it may have a broad market among Government officials and legal-economic-technical professionals dealing with climate change issues as well as academics developing scientific research in this field.

Spis treści

Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of authors.- List of abbreviations.- Introduction.- Part I: Legal issues on the Kyoto Protocol and its implementation experiences in the Western Balkans.- Section I: Legal issues on the Kyoto Protocol, CDM and carbon market for CERs transactions.- 1. The Kyoto Protocol in the International Environmental Law context and the post-2012 scenario.- 2. An assessment of CDM: lessons learned and the way forward.- 3. Carbon market and carbon contracts for CERs transactions.- Section II: Institutional aspects of the Kyoto Protocol implementation: the establishment of the DNAs in the Western Balkans.- 4. The designated national authority (DNA): Requirements, models, competences, best practices.- 5. DNAs experiences in the Western Balkans: the Republic of Albania.- 6. DNAs experiences in the Western Balkans: the Republic of Macedonia.- 7. DNAs experiences in the Western Balkans: the Republic of Montenegro.- 8. DNAs experiences in the Western Balkans: the Republic of Serbia.- Part II: Technical issues on the Kyoto Protocol and its implementation experiences in the Western Balkans.- Section I: Technical issues related to CDM implementation.- 9. The CDM project cycle.- 10. The identification of the CDM potential in the Western Balkans.- Section II: Technical experiences on CDM implementation in the Western Balkans.- 11. CDM projects experience in Albania.- 12. CDM projects experience in Macedonia.- 13. CDM projects experience in Montenegro .- 14. CDM projects experience in Serbia.- 15. Conclusion: lessons learned in the establishment of the DNAs in the Western Balkans.- Bibliography.

Blurb

Developing CDM Projects in the Western Balkans: Legal and Technical Issues Compared, arises from the professional practical experience gained by an interdisciplinary team of legal and technical experts acting in the framework of the environmental bilateral cooperation performed by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea in the Western Balkan countries, through the "Task Force for Central and Eastern Europe".

The volume is edited by Professor Massimiliano Montini, Director of the Environmental Legal Team (ELT) of the University of Siena, a group of young environmental lawyers and economists, in charge of providing the legal assistance for the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol (KP), as well as for paving the way for the development of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the Western Balkan countries.

The added value of the book consists in the fact that it  presents the real professional experience gained by a multi-sectoral team of lawyers, economists, engineers and other technical experts, working in synergy with a shared vision.

This volume will be useful not only to those specifically interested in the Western Balkan area, but represents a broader example of lessons learned in the development of CDM projects. Therefore, it may have a broad market among Government officials and legal-economic-technical professionals dealing with climate change issues as well as academics developing scientific research in this field.