Global Climate Change : International Perspectives and Responses.

Intro -- GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE:INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVESAND RESPONSES -- GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE:INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVESAND RESPONSES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE:THREE POLICY PERSPECTIVES* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THREE LENSES FOR VIEWING SOLUTIONS -- Technological Lens -- Economic Lens -- Ecological Approach -- THE THREE LENSES AND POLICY APPROACHES -- Cost Analysis as Viewed through the Lenses -- The Role of Science as Viewed through the Lenses -- Federal Policy as Viewed through the Lenses -- CONCLUSION: BALANCING THE THREE LENSES TODEVELOP POLICY -- REFERENCES -- CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EU EMISSIONSTRADING SCHEME (ETS): KYOTO AND BEYOND* -- ABSTRACT -- Untitled -- NATIONAL ALLOCATION PLANS AND THE ETS -- Need for Further Emissions Reductions -- Need to Adjust ETS Allocations -- ISSUES ARISING IN PHASE 2 NAPS FOR THE ETS -- Supplementarity -- Auction Policy -- New Entrant Reserves -- Closure Policy -- Benchmarking -- Allocation and Energy Policy -- LOOKING TO PHASE III -- Eliminating NAPs -- Expanding Coverage -- Auctions -- SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS FORU.S. CAP-AND-TRADE PROPOSALS -- Emission Inventories and Target Setting -- Coverage -- Allocation Schemes -- Flexibility and Price Volatility -- REFERENCES -- GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS:PERSPECTIVES ON THE TOP 20 EMITTERS ANDDEVELOPED VERSUS DEVELOPING NATIONS* -- ABSTRACT -- A Look at the Historic Data -- Longer-Term Historical Data (1950-2000) -- Impact of Land Use -- Implications of Focusing on Emissions Levels for International Actions -- ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES -- Per Capita Emissions -- Greenhouse Gas Intensity of Economy -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHINA'S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ANDMITIGATION POLICIES* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: CHINA AND CLIMATE CHANGE[1] -- CHINA IN CONTEXT -- China's Energy Sector -- CHINA'S NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

GHG Per Capita -- GHG Productivity or Intensity -- China's Contribution to GHG Concentrations -- GHG Emissions due to Exports (Embedded Emissions) -- Recent Rates of Growth of China's GHG Emissions -- GHG Projections -- Sectoral GHG Emissions -- CHINA'S DOMESTIC POLICIES TO MITIGATE GHG EMISSIONS -- Enacted Domestic Programs in China -- CHINA'S ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONTO CURTAIL GHG EMISSIONS -- China's View: Developed Countries Should Lead. -- An Alternative View: China Must Commit as Well -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- CLIMATE CHANGE:THE KYOTO PROTOCOL, BALI"ACTION PLAN," AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW[1] -- KEY EXISTING KYOTO PROTOCOL PROVISIONS -- Obligations of All Parties -- Emissions Reductions -- Implementation: "Flexibility" Mechanisms -- Carbon "Sinks" -- Compliance Mechanism -- Leading up to COP-13/MOP-3 in Bali, Indonesia -- OUTCOME OF THE BALI NEGOTIATIONS: A FRAMEWORK FORNEGOTIATING POST-KYOTO COMMITMENTS -- Outcome in Bali: The "Bali Action Plan" -- PROSPECTS FOR COMPLIANCE BYKYOTO PROTOCOL PARTIES -- Status of Annex I Countries on Compliance -- U.S. POSITIONS -- ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ONCLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE -- MAJOR ECONOMIES" INITIATIVE BY PRESIDENT BUSHON CLIMATE CHANGE -- OTHER INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS -- United Nations Security Council -- Group of 8 (G-8) Meeting in Germany -- United Nations General Assembly -- REFERENCES -- U.S. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY:EVOLVING VIEWS ON COST, COMPETITIVENESS,AND COMPREHENSIVENESS* -- ABSTRACT -- FROM STUDY TO COMMITMENT: THE UNFCCC -- DEVELOPING PROGRAMS: EPACT -- COMPARING EPACT AND THE UNFCCC -- UNFCCC RESULTS: ACTION PLANS -- The George H. W. Bush Administration'sNational Action Plan: "No Regrets" -- The Clinton Administration's National ActionPlans: Industrial Strength "No Regrets" -- KYOTO AND S.RES. 98.

THE GEORGE W. BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL ACTIONPLAN: ABJURING AN EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOAL -- LOOKING FOR A NEW DIRECTION: SENATE AMENDMENT 866 -- ADDRESSING THE THREE-CS: EMERGINGPRICE VERSUS QUANTITY DEBATE -- CONCLUSION: BATTLE OF POLICY PERSPECTIVES[30] -- REFERENCES -- CLIMATE CHANGE: FEDERAL LAWS AND POLICIESRELATED TO GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND TO FEDERAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY:FROM "NO REGRETS" BACK TO "NO REGRETS" -- The International Framework -- Developing Programs: EPACT and Climate Action Plans -- Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol -- REGULATORY PROGRAMS AFFECTINGEMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES -- ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMSRELATED TO EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS -- Emissions Reductions from Landfills -- Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Determinations -- Residential Appliance Standards -- Updating State Commercial Building Codes -- Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) -- Renewable Fuel Standard -- Distributed Energy Resources -- MONITORING RULES -- Carbon Dioxide Monitoring by Electric Generating Facilities -- REGULATORY PROGRAM ELIMINATED BY P.L. 109-58 -- Promoting Renewable Energy through PURPA -- THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 -- THE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007 -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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