The global climate regime, as represented by the Kyoto Protocol, may be on a collision course with the global trade policy regime, as represented by the WTO (World Trade Organization). Environmentalists fear that international trade will undercut reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as dirty...

Europe's intended proposal for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is imminent. It is also controversial. Making this work in a way that is WTO compatible is challenging, particularly if industry in Europe wishes to retain some free allocation under the EU's Emissions Trading System....

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...

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...

This paper attempts to shed some light to the relationship between new mechanisms to mitigate climate change and promote renewable energy generation, and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Trade in Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) is a market-based scheme that promotes energy...

Climate change has come to be seen as a major global environmental challenge. This paper examines the extent to which WTO rules constrain countries` ability to address climate change through domestic regulatory policies such as standards, labels, voluntary agreements and domestic emissions...

It has been argued that a depletable resource owner might optimally increase near-term supply in response to environmental policies promoting the development of alternative resources, which might render climate policy ineffective or even counterproductive. This paper empirically confirms this...

This article explores the role of trade in motivating action on climate change, using the specific example of developments within the World Trade Organization (WTO).The Kyoto Protocol, the Þrst international agreement with legally binding commitments to begin to address climate change by...