Climate change and international trade
By: Rafael Leal-Arcas
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781781956083
Subjects: Foreign trade regulation; Environmental aspects; Climate change mitigation; Economic aspects; International cooperation
Description: "The insightful book contributes to developing the architecture for a global climate agreement and, in doing so, seeks and proposes new approaches to climate change mitigation by linking it to the international trade system. The author suggests the adoption of a bottom-up approach to climate change negotiations by using the evolution of multilateral trade agreements as a model for reaching a global climate treaty. He discusses the innovative approach of inserting climate goals within regional trade agreements, given their proliferation, especially bilateral, in the international trading system. He explains the trade implications of climate change mitigation policies by analyzing a couple of areas where the international regimes for trade and climate change mitigation may potentially clash"--Publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 472-502) and index.