The first protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in Kyoto in 1997. It is a unique international law instrument which sets stringent, legally binding targets for the reduction of emissions of the "greenhouse gases." Drawing on the emerging body of expertise in this complex area, this book conveys a knowledge of what is becoming known as "Carbon Finance." It provides practical legal advice to public and private sector lawyers and to civil servants who work on the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Since 2005 the carbon market has grown to nearly $100 billion per annum. This new book examines all the main legal issues which are raised by this explosion of what is now called carbon finance. It covers not only the Kyoto Flexibility Mechanisms but also the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that is in the process of reform and other national and voluntary schemes. The Parties to the 1992 UN Framework Convention are in the process of negotiating a successor regime to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol whose commitment period ends in 2012. As scientists predict that the threat of dangerous climate...

The global climate change problem has finally entered the world's consciousness. While efforts to find a solution have increased momentum, international attention has focused primarily on the industrial and energy sectors. The forest, and land-use sector, however, remains one of the most significant untapped opportunities for carbon mitigation. The expiration of the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period in 2012 presents an opportunity for the international community to put this sector back on the agenda.

In this timely, wide-ranging volume, an international team of experts...

Diese Arbeit untersucht das Deregulierungspotenzial des gemeinschaftsrechtlichen EG-Oko-Audit-Systems (EMAS) vor dem Hintergrund der rechtlichen Stellung des staatlich gepruften und zugelassenen Umweltgutachters. Dabei beleuchtet die Autorin den neugeschaffenen Beruf des Umweltgutachters in all seinen Facetten und Nuancen und lotet die Rechtmassigkeit der Privilegierung von Organisationen, die an EMAS teilgenommen haben, aus. Da Voraussetzung fur den Abbau ordnungsrechtlicher Pflichten die -funktionale Aquivalenz- von der ordnungsrechtlichen Pflicht einerseits und den Systemelementen von EMAS...

This book is based on the assumption that great powers determine global politics and, in this instance, environmental politics. It addresses the approaches of both established and rising powers and their implications for the advancement of international climate negotiations. The new introduction looks at the key developments in this realm since 2013, examining the bilateral deals between China and the United States and the results of the UNFCCC s 21^st Convention of the Parties (COP) convening at Paris in 2015.

Two key features link the contributions of this...