Constructing Climate Change Legislation : Background and Issues.

Intro -- CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES -- CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGN WHITE PAPER GETTING THE MOST GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS FOR OUR MONEY∗ -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- Program Costs -- Costs of Inaction -- CAPTURING ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL AND LOW-COST REDUCTIONS -- CAP-AND-TRADE REGULATORY PROGRAM - CORNERSTONE OF A LOW COST PROGRAM -- Flexibility -- Incentives for Low-Cost Reductions -- Incentives for Technology Advances -- Principles for Smart Program Design and Implementation -- Market Mechanisms to Manage Risk -- OPTIONAL CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM FEATURES TO CONTROL COSTS -- Banking -- Offsets and International Trading -- Firm-Level Borrowing from the Future -- Questions: -- Multi-Year Compliance Periods -- Questions: -- SPECIAL COST CONTAINMENT MECHANISMS: SAFETY VALVE, CIRCUIT BREAKER, INDEPENDENT AGENCY, AND STRATEGIC RESERVE -- Safety Valve And Unlimited Allowances -- Independent Agency with Broad Discretion to Release Allowances -- STRATEGIC ALLOWANCE RESERVE AND AN AGENCY WITH LIMITED DISCRETION TO INTERVENE IN THE MARKET -- Variations -- Questions: -- A Price Floor for Allowances -- Questions: -- Complementary Measures -- DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOWANCES OR PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF ALLOWANCES -- BIG AND SMALL PLAYERS IN THE SAME MARKET -- Questions: -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGN WHITE PAPER APPROPRIATE ROLES FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT∗ -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- State and Local Climate Change Programs -- RATIONALIZING GOVERNMENTAL ROLES -- The Global Effect of Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Effect on the Level and Cost of National Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- Efficient Use of Government and Societal Resources.

The Benefit of States, Tribes, and Localities as Laboratories -- Differing Local Circumstances -- Burden on Interstate Commerce -- The Imposition of Burdens on other States -- Stakeholder Needs -- Balancing These Factors -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGN WHITE PAPER COMPETITIVENESS CONCERNS/ENGAGING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES∗ -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- RATE OF GROWTH IN CARBON EMISSIONS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- U.N. FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, KYOTO PROTOCOL, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- POLICY OPTIONS FOR ENCOURAGING DEVELOPING NATIONS TO LIMIT THEIR CARBON EMISSIONS -- THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION - PROCESS FOR RESOLUTION OF TRADE DISPUTES -- POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF WTO RULES/PROCESS FOR U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION -- Questions for Further Discussion -- APPENDIX A: COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES' GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGN WHITE PAPER SCOPE OF A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM∗ -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- KEY DESIGN PRINCIPLES -- COVERAGE -- GREENHOUSE GASES -- Economic Sectors -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 MEMORANDUM -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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