Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide by Nick Eyre (9781844077274)
Nick Eyre
Release Date: 05 June 2009 Format: Hardback Pages: 307 Category: Global Warming Publisher: EARTH ISBN: 9781844077274 ISBN-10: 1844077276
This book is the most comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding the opportunities offered by regulated and voluntary carbon markets for tackling climate change. Coverage includes: an overview of the problem of climate change, with a concise review of the most recent scientific evidence in different fields; a highly accessible overview of the economic theory and different constitutive elements of a carbon allowances market; explanation of the Kyoto Protocols flexibility mechanisms; explanation of how the EU Emissions Trading Scheme works in practice; up to the minute coverage of regulated carbon markets in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; ongoing developments in regulated carbon markets in the USA, Canada, and Japan; global voluntary carbon markets.