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The European Union (EU) is a self-conscious leader in the ‘fight’ against climate change and an active proponent of an ambitious global climate regime. Nonetheless, to a significant degree its efforts have been in vain. A global agreement to extend or replace the Kyoto Protocol has not been...
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to regulation have sometimes been cited as the reason for caution in regulating greenhouse gases, as well as economic … any significant barriers to federal or provincial regulation, and that policy considerations strongly favour the use of …
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Climate change is a serious challenge to our planet. The point of no return will be upon us in 2014 and we are yet to regulate the emission of greenhouse gas. Failure to reach agreement at the 2009 UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen highlighted the difficulties we face in regulating use of...
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Federal systems of government present more difficulties for international treaty formation than perhaps any other form of governance. Federal constitutions that grant subnational governments virtually exclusive regulatory authority over certain subject matter may constrain national governments...
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This paper aims to launch a debate as whether and how provisions with regard to the responsibility of present polluters for future damage should be considered within the applicable regulations. The examination focuses on the European legal framework for climate protection, and gives some...
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Using a simple analytical model incorporating benefits of a stock, costs of adjusting the stock, and uncertainty in costs, we uncover several important principles governing the choice of price-based policies (e.g., taxes) relative to quantity-based policies (e.g., tradable permits) for...
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discourage, action in other countries?This Article answers this question by describing three ways that unilateral regulation … a way that increases those countries’ incentive to regulate. Second, unilateral regulation can support incentives to … regulate elsewhere by limiting the incentive for polluters to move, or “leak,” to countries with weaker regulation. Third …
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The construction of new power plants in the United States carries the risk of significantly contributing to global climate change. After concluding that the current federal regulatory response to climate change risks from power plants is inadequate, this Article examines three potential roles...
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International shipping accounts for approximately 2-3% percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Under business as usual conditions, emissions from the sector are expected to double by 2050. The quantity of GHG emissions from shipping combined with the potential for...
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This book chapter addresses the use of traditional regulation to ameliorate climate disruption, revealing that … traditional regulation has played a significant role. It defines traditional regulation as encompassing performance standards …, work practice standards, and phase-outs of dangerous substances. It then shows that traditional regulation has encouraged …
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