Greenhouse Gas Emissions : Global Business Aspects

1 Introduction -- 2 Global Warming -- 3 The Kyoto Protocol’s Flexible Mechanisms -- 4 Institutional Issues -- 5 Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide -- 6 Clean Development Mechanism Project Prospects -- 7 Project Parameters and Equitable Treatment -- 8 CO2 Reduction Technologies and Financial Analysis -- 9 Emissions Trading -- Conclusions -- Appendices -- A1 Contact Addresses of Environmental Authorities/Relevant Government Authorities in Developing Countries -- A2 United Nations and Multilateral Environmental Organisations Concerned with Environmental Policies and Financing of Projects -- A3 Emissions Measurement and Monitoring -- A3.1 Technical Methods (Table A3.1) -- A3.2 Maintaining Sustainability in Kyoto Protocol Projects -- A3.3 World Bank Guidelines on Environmental Standards — Major Atmospheric, Land and Water Pollutants from Industries and Domestic Sources (Table A3.2) -- A4 The Green 500 Project — A National Green Index to Rank Firms, Case Study: United Kingdom, Case Example 1, Case Example 2 (Tables A4.1, A4.2) -- A5 Carbon Accounting and Carbon Taxes -- A5.1 Accounting for Carbon Assets -- A5.2 Effect of Taxation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- A6 National Pilot Schemes for Emissions Permits Trading Outside Annex I countries -- A6.1 National Permits Trading Scheme for India and China: Bilateral Cooperation Between the World’s Two Most Populous Countries -- A6.2 Model Questionnaire to Enterprises in Developing Countries -- A7.1 Annuitised and Levelised Costs of Carbon Abatement -- A7.2 Pricing Credits or Permits: Calculating “Overnight” and “Discounted” Cost -- A7.5 Economics of Energy Conversion — Coal to Natural Gas for Power Stations -- A8 Cost Data — Indicative Costs of Key Equipment for Thermal Power Projects -- A9.1 The Clean Development Mechanism -- A9.2 Role of the Conference of the Parties (Governments) -- A9.3 The Role of the Private Sector and Trading Exchanges -- A9.4 Kyoto Protocol and Non-Kyoto Protocol Risks -- A9.5 Case for Private Sector Financing of CDM Projects -- A9.6 Issues Regarding “Tradability” of Emissions Credits Earned by Non-Annex I Firms -- A9.7 Case of Governments Which Have Not, or May Not, Sign Up to the Kyoto Protocol -- A9.8 Countries Listed in Annex I to the Convention Compared to Countries listed in Annex B to the Protocol -- A9.9 Definition of Small and Medium-Size Enterprises, and Large Companies -- A9.10 Project Selection Criteria for the CDM: Industries and Country Targets -- A9.11 Reference Datum for Measuring Emissions Reductions for CDM: Emissions Additionally -- A9.12 How Annex I Countries Can Move Ahead with the CDM -- A9.13 A Global Private Equity Fund — The World CDM Green Fund -- A10 Islands-at-Risk — Contingency Plans for Evacuation and Resettlement (Tables A10.1, A10.2, A10.3 and A10.4) -- Annexes Annex 1 Annex A of the Kyoto Protocol: Targeted Greenhouse Gases and Sources -- Annex 2 Annex B of the Kyoto Protocol: Countries and QELRCs (commitments) -- Annex 4 List of Countries Signing and Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, at end 1999 -- Units, Definitions and Conversion Factors -- Figures Index -- Country, Place Index -- Persons Index.