International trade regulation and the mitigation of climate change
Subtitle: World Trade Forum
By: Edited by Thomas Cottier, Olga Nartova and Sadeq Z. Bigdeli.
Contributors: Cottier, Thomas.; Nartova, Olga.; Bigdeli, Sadeq Z.; World Trade Forum (11th : 2007 : Berne, Switzerland)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780521766197
Subjects: Foreign trade regulation -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses; International trade -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: What can trade regulation contribute towards ameliorating the GHG emissions and reducing their concentrations in the atmosphere? This collection of essays analyses options for climate-change mitigation through the lens of the trade lawyer. By examining international law, and in particular the relevant WTO agreements, the authors address the areas of potential conflict between international trade law and international law on climate mitigation and, where possible, suggest ways to strengthen mutual supportiveness between the two regimes. They do so taking into account the drivers of human-induced climate change in energy markets and of consumption.