Flexibility in climate policy – making the Kyoto mechanisms work
Earthscan
£18.95
ISBN 1 85383 706 7

Following the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations framework convention on climate change in 1997, the negotiation of policy response to climate change has become an area of significant research. Flexibility in climate policy – making the Kyoto mechanisms work sets out the main debates and processes of joint implementation and explores the issues involved in constructing appropriate institutional framework.

The book looks at the main economic, environmental, social and ethical impact. It also assesses the operational design of the flexibility mechanisms of joint implementation, including emissions trading and the clean development mechanism. The book provides detailed case studies of energy sector investment in eastern European host countries.