Carbon Coalitions : Business, Climate Politics, and the Rise of Emissions Trading.
Meckling, Jonas.
Carbon Coalitions : Business, Climate Politics, and the Rise of Emissions Trading. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (261 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Business Coalitions in Global Climate Politics -- Alternative Explanations: Capital, States, and Ideas -- Methodological Issues -- Overview of the Book -- Chapter 2. Business Coalitions in Global Environmental Politics -- Business Coalitions, Strategy, and Political Entrepreneurs -- International Opportunities and Constraints -- Coalition Resources: Financial Resources and Legitimacy -- Coalition Strategies: State Allies and Multilevel Games -- Summary: An Analytic Framework -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Carbon Trading -- Explaining Emissions Trading -- The Intellectual and Political History of Emissions Trading -- The State of the Global Carbon Market -- Business and Carbon Trading: Risks and Opportunities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The Kyoto Protocol: Internationalizing a U.S. Regulatory Approach -- The Business Opposition in Control of Early Climate Politics, 1989-1995 -- The Industry Split and the Campaign for Market Mechanisms, 1995-1997 -- The Kyoto Protocol: The Emissions Trading Compromise, 1997 -- Institutionalizing the Protrading Lobby, 1998-2000 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. The European Union: From Foe to Friend of Carbon Trading -- Pioneering Trading from Bottom- up: Business in the United Kingdom, 1998-2000 -- Building a Coalition for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, 1998-2004 -- Winds of Opposition: Germany and Energy- Intensive Industries, 1998-2004 -- The Future of Carbon Trading: The Coalition at Risk, 2005-2008 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. The United States: Reimporting Carbon Trading -- The Bush Administration and Voluntary Climate Policy, 2001-2003 -- Pioneering Trading from the Bottom- up: Firms and States, 2003-2006 -- Business and NGOs Calling for Cap and Trade, 2005-2008 -- Congress Responds: Cap- and- Trade Bills, 2007-2009 -- Conclusion. Chapter 7. Business and the Rise of Market- Based Climate Governance -- Business and the Making of Carbon Markets -- The Influence of Transnational Business Coalitions Revisited -- The Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Explanations -- Business Infl uence and Market- Based Global Environmental Governance -- Implications for the Study and Practice of Global Environmental Politics -- Notes -- References -- Index.
An examination of how a transnational coalition of firms and NGOs influenced the emergence of emissions trading as a central component of global climate governance.
9780262298889
Emissions trading.
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
Emissions trading -- United States.
Emissions trading -- European Union countries.
Emissions trading -- Great Britain.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- European Union countries.
Electronic books.
363.738/746
Carbon Coalitions : Business, Climate Politics, and the Rise of Emissions Trading. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (261 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Business Coalitions in Global Climate Politics -- Alternative Explanations: Capital, States, and Ideas -- Methodological Issues -- Overview of the Book -- Chapter 2. Business Coalitions in Global Environmental Politics -- Business Coalitions, Strategy, and Political Entrepreneurs -- International Opportunities and Constraints -- Coalition Resources: Financial Resources and Legitimacy -- Coalition Strategies: State Allies and Multilevel Games -- Summary: An Analytic Framework -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Carbon Trading -- Explaining Emissions Trading -- The Intellectual and Political History of Emissions Trading -- The State of the Global Carbon Market -- Business and Carbon Trading: Risks and Opportunities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The Kyoto Protocol: Internationalizing a U.S. Regulatory Approach -- The Business Opposition in Control of Early Climate Politics, 1989-1995 -- The Industry Split and the Campaign for Market Mechanisms, 1995-1997 -- The Kyoto Protocol: The Emissions Trading Compromise, 1997 -- Institutionalizing the Protrading Lobby, 1998-2000 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. The European Union: From Foe to Friend of Carbon Trading -- Pioneering Trading from Bottom- up: Business in the United Kingdom, 1998-2000 -- Building a Coalition for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, 1998-2004 -- Winds of Opposition: Germany and Energy- Intensive Industries, 1998-2004 -- The Future of Carbon Trading: The Coalition at Risk, 2005-2008 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6. The United States: Reimporting Carbon Trading -- The Bush Administration and Voluntary Climate Policy, 2001-2003 -- Pioneering Trading from the Bottom- up: Firms and States, 2003-2006 -- Business and NGOs Calling for Cap and Trade, 2005-2008 -- Congress Responds: Cap- and- Trade Bills, 2007-2009 -- Conclusion. Chapter 7. Business and the Rise of Market- Based Climate Governance -- Business and the Making of Carbon Markets -- The Influence of Transnational Business Coalitions Revisited -- The Strengths and Weaknesses of Alternative Explanations -- Business Infl uence and Market- Based Global Environmental Governance -- Implications for the Study and Practice of Global Environmental Politics -- Notes -- References -- Index.
An examination of how a transnational coalition of firms and NGOs influenced the emergence of emissions trading as a central component of global climate governance.
9780262298889
Emissions trading.
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
Emissions trading -- United States.
Emissions trading -- European Union countries.
Emissions trading -- Great Britain.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- United States.
Climatic changes -- Government policy -- European Union countries.
Electronic books.
363.738/746