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Trade and Environment
Theory and Policy in the Context of EU Enlargement and Economic Transition
9781845421649 Edward Elgar Publishing
The debate about how best to manage the interplay between trade, industrialization and the impacts of both on the global environment continues to rage, particularly in the context of the introduction and ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. This book deals with a number of important issues surrounding the debate about trade and the environment, but places particular emphasis on the process of EU enlargement.
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The debate about how best to manage the interplay between trade, industrialization and the impacts of both on the global environment continues to rage, particularly in the context of the introduction and ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. This book deals with a number of important issues surrounding the debate about trade and the environment, but places particular emphasis on the process of EU enlargement.
The first two chapters, by prominent American scholars, present the case for and against the Kyoto Protocol. The authors go on to review the broader trade–environment debate by undertaking a critical analysis of the interplay between current WTO and EU economic policies and how they conflict with policies aimed at environmental protection. The third part focuses on EU accession economies and discusses how EU policies can best strike a balance between environmental improvements and economic development in those countries. Finally the book reviews the impact of economic transition on environmental policies in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe.
This book will be of great interest to scholars interested in the trade–environment debate and will be a valuable resource for international environmental policymakers.
The first two chapters, by prominent American scholars, present the case for and against the Kyoto Protocol. The authors go on to review the broader trade–environment debate by undertaking a critical analysis of the interplay between current WTO and EU economic policies and how they conflict with policies aimed at environmental protection. The third part focuses on EU accession economies and discusses how EU policies can best strike a balance between environmental improvements and economic development in those countries. Finally the book reviews the impact of economic transition on environmental policies in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe.
This book will be of great interest to scholars interested in the trade–environment debate and will be a valuable resource for international environmental policymakers.
Contributors
Contributors: S. Alpay, M.R. Auer, R.N. Cooper, J.A. Frankel, M.O. Kayalica, V. Kotov, O.J. Kuik, S. Lahiri, J.W. Maxwell, F. Missfeldt, E. Nikitina, F.H. Oosterhuis, L. Paizs, C. Perrings, R. Pesic, R. Reuveny, D. Ürge-Vorsatz, A. Vikhlyaev, A. Villavicenco
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
Part I: The Trade–Environment Debate in Context: The US Decision on Kyoto
2. The Kyoto Protocol: A Flawed Concept
3. You’re Getting Warmer: The Most Feasible Path for Addressing Global Climate Change Does Run through Kyoto
Part II: Trade and Environmental Policies
4. Trade, the Harmonization of Environmental Policy and the Subsidiarity Principle
5. Trade and the Environment in the Perspective of EU Enlargement
6. Can Environmental Regulations be Compatible with Higher International Competitiveness? Some New Theoretical Insights
Part III: Environmental Policy Concerns in the Context of EU Enlargement
7. Environmental Implications of EU Enlargement: Lessons from the Southern Member States and Preliminary Evidence from Poland
8. Strategic Environmental Policies with Foreign Direct Investment: Implications of European Enlargement
9. External Actors and their Prospective Roles in Environmental Cleanup in Central and Eastern Europe
10. How Can Economies in Transition Pursue Emissions Trading or Joint Implementation?
Part IV: Economic and Environmental Policies in Transition Economies
11. Energy and Sustainability in Central Europe: A Decade of Transition in Review
12. Reorganization of Environmental Policy in Russia: The Decade of Success and Failures in Implementation and Prospective Quests
13. Policy in Transition: A New Framework for Russia’s Climate Policy
Index
1. Introduction
Part I: The Trade–Environment Debate in Context: The US Decision on Kyoto
2. The Kyoto Protocol: A Flawed Concept
3. You’re Getting Warmer: The Most Feasible Path for Addressing Global Climate Change Does Run through Kyoto
Part II: Trade and Environmental Policies
4. Trade, the Harmonization of Environmental Policy and the Subsidiarity Principle
5. Trade and the Environment in the Perspective of EU Enlargement
6. Can Environmental Regulations be Compatible with Higher International Competitiveness? Some New Theoretical Insights
Part III: Environmental Policy Concerns in the Context of EU Enlargement
7. Environmental Implications of EU Enlargement: Lessons from the Southern Member States and Preliminary Evidence from Poland
8. Strategic Environmental Policies with Foreign Direct Investment: Implications of European Enlargement
9. External Actors and their Prospective Roles in Environmental Cleanup in Central and Eastern Europe
10. How Can Economies in Transition Pursue Emissions Trading or Joint Implementation?
Part IV: Economic and Environmental Policies in Transition Economies
11. Energy and Sustainability in Central Europe: A Decade of Transition in Review
12. Reorganization of Environmental Policy in Russia: The Decade of Success and Failures in Implementation and Prospective Quests
13. Policy in Transition: A New Framework for Russia’s Climate Policy
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