Greenhouse gas emissions trading and project-based mechanisms : proceedings, OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development, Emissions Trading, CATEP Country Forum, 17-18 March 2003, Paris

Foreword Introduction / Stephen Bygrave Pt. I. Experience and lessons from emissions trading and project-based mechanisms in developing and transition countries: Implementing SO2 emissions trading in China / Yang Jintian ... [et al.]. The state of development of national clean development mechanism offices in Central and South America / Liana Morera, Olga Cabeza and Thomas Black-Arbeláez. Establishing a national authority for the clean development mechanism: the Costa Rican experience / Paulo Manso. Implementing Kyoto-type flexibility mechanisms for India: problems and prospects / Shreekant Gupta. Choosing environmental policy instruments in the real world / Ruth Greenspan Bell. Building institutions to address air pollution in developing countries: the cap and trade approach / Joe Kruger, Katherine Grover, and Jeremy Schreifels Pt. II. Tradeable permits in the policy mix and harmonisation of emissions trading schemes: Harmonisation between national and international tradeable permit schemes / Erik Haites. Efficient and effective use of tradeable permits in combination with other policy instruments / Nick Johnstone. Turning an early start into a false start: implications of the EU emissions trading directive for the UK climate change levy and climate change agreements / Steve Sorrell Pt. III. Transition issues and areas for further work: on carbon prices and volumes in the evolving 'Kyoto market' / Michael Grubb. Political economy of tradeable permits: competitiveness, co-operation and market power / Frank J. Convery ... [et al.]. Monitoring, accounting and enforcement in emissions trading regimes / Sonja Peterson Pt. IV. Summary: Experience with greenhouse gas emissions trading and project-based mechanisms in OECD and non-OECD countries / Stephen Bygrave. Preliminaries......Page 1 FOREWORD......Page 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION......Page 8 Implementing SO2 Emissions Trading in China......Page 14 The State of Development of National Clean Development Mechanism Offices in Central and South America......Page 32 Establishing a National Authority for the Clean Development Mechanism......Page 42 Implementing Kyoto-Type Flexibility Mechanisms for India: Problems and Prospects......Page 54 Choosing Environmental Policy Instruments in the Real World......Page 70 Building Institutions to Address Air Pollution in Developing Countries......Page 92 Harmonisation between National and International Tradeable Permit Schemes......Page 106 Efficient and Effective Use of Tradeable Permits in Combination with Other Policy......Page 120 Turning an Early Start into a False Start......Page 130 On Carbon Prices and Volumes in the Evolving ‘Kyoto Market’......Page 156 Political Economy of Tradeable Permits......Page 172 Monitoring, Accounting and Enforcement in Emissions Trading Regimes......Page 190 Experience with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading and Project-Based Mechanisms in OECD and Non-OECD Countries......Page 210 Papers from a forum hosted by OECD in conjunction with Concerted Action on Tradeable Emissions Permits (CATEP). The papers cover the experience of developing and transition countries with greenhouse gas emissions trading and project-based mechanisms and examine the use of tradeable permits in policy mixes and harmonisation of emissions trading schemes, as well as transition issues relating to greenhouse gas emissions trading markets Greenhouse gas emissions trading and project-based mechanisms for greenhouse gas reduction are emerging market-based instruments for climate change policy. They are also increasingly viewed as cost-effective, flexible and environmentally efficient instruments for reducing greenhouse gas emissions