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Climate Taxes and the WTO : Is the Multilateral Trade Regime a Further Obstacle for Efficient Domestic Climate Policies?
Sindico, Francesco - 2008
Industrialised countries are often required to make unpopular policy choices in order to efficiently tackle climate change. On the one hand, domestic industries might consider national climate measures as an excessive burden that may damage their competitiveness. On the other hand, the public...
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Energy Subsidies and the World Trade Organization
Meyer, Timothy - 2015
In recent months the World Trade Organization (WTO) has seen increasing conflict over the rules for government support …
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What Role for Trade in a Post 2012 Global Climate Policy Regime
Whalley, John - 2011
This paper discusses the role that trade can potentially play in both negotiating and operating a post Kyoto/post 2012 global climate policy regime. As an addition to the bargaining set for a global climate negotiation, trade in principle widens the range of jointly beneficial potential outcomes...
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What Role for Trade in a Post 2012 Global Climate Policy Regime
Whalley, John - 2011
This paper discusses the role that trade can potentially play in both negotiating and operating a post Kyoto/post 2012 global climate policy regime. As an addition to the bargaining set for a global climate negotiation, trade in principle widens the range of jointly beneficial potential outcomes...
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The Cancún Climate Conference
Burleson, Elizabeth; Romano, Cesare P.R - 2011
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An 'Act of God'? Rethinking Contractual Impracticability in an Era of Anthropogenic Climate Change
Dellinger, Myanna F. - 2016
to reach a sufficiently detailed antecedent agreement on the issue.The law is never static. It must reflect real world …
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reform in the WTO : Options for Constraining Dual Pricing in the Multilateral Trading System
Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2018
context of fossil fuel subsidy reform. In view of climate change mitigation, the World Trade Organization (WTO) should … environmentally harmful fossil fuel subsidy: States that maintain dual-pricing policies are not incentivised to curb their CO2 …, the piece approaches dual pricing from the viewpoint of being a fossil fuel subsidy. The contribution explores avenues to …
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Subsidy Regulation in WTO Law : Some Implications for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy
Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2017
This contribution discusses WTO subsidies disciplines in the context of the energy sector. After laying out the relevant disciplines, it will discuss the paradox of WTO law with respect to subsidies towards fossil fuels vis-à-vis those towards renewable energy. It is clear that subsidies on...
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How the WTO can help tackle climate change through fossil fuel subsidy reform : lessons from the fisheries negotiations
Pereira, Heloísa - 2017
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Public and Private Regulations for the Governance of the Risks of Offshore Methane Hydrates
Partain, Roy Andrew - 2016
The commercial development of offshore methane hydrates will necessitate planning for accidental risk. Due to the unique risks and hazards associated with the development of offshore methane hydrates, it is unlikely that their development would be capable of beginning without some form of ex...
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