Greenhouse Gas Emissions

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXV

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2. Introduction

   • Michael See

   Pages 1-2

3. Global Warming

   • Michael See

   Pages 3-6

4. The Kyoto Protocol’s Flexible Mechanisms

   • Michael See

   Pages 7-13

5. Institutional Issues

   • Michael See

   Pages 15-19

6. Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide (Table 5.1, Table 5.2)

   • Michael See

   Pages 21-48

7. Clean Development Mechanism Project Prospects

   • Michael See

   Pages 49-87

8. Project Parameters and Equitable Treatment

   • Michael See

   Pages 89-138

9. CO2 Reduction Technologies and Financial Analysis

   • Michael See

   Pages 139-179

10. Emissions Trading

    • Michael See

    Pages 181-236

11. Conclusions

    • Michael See

    Pages 237-240

12. Back Matter

    Pages 241-375

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The world is getting hotter as it experiences the extremes of global climate change. In 1999, catastrophic storms hit Honduras, China and East India, bringing severe devas­ tation to lives and national economies. EI Nino swept across the Pacific in early 2000, inflicting the worst floods on Mozambique and neighbouring countries. Industrialised nations are not immune to global warming - cases of encephalitis, a disease trans­ mitted by mosquitoes, were reported in the State of New York. In Antarctica, an iceberg seven times the size of Manhattan island broke loose and floated towards Cape Horn. The melting of Arctic glaciers also continues - huge volumes of fresh-water will disrupt the warm conveyor-belt from Central America to Europe. The net effect of convergent glacial drifts from the polar regions to the equator is expected to inten­ sify cloud formation in the tropics - hence exacerbating global warming. As the destructive forces of nature intensify, so does the rhetoric from environmental organ­ isations - as evidenced by the disruption of the last World Trade Organisation con­ ference in Seattle. It is now up to civilisation to challenge climate change. It can achieve this by command and control as well as flexible mechanisms at home and abroad, before the process of global warming becomes totally irreversible.

• Emission and Power Project Financing
• Emissions Trading
• Global warming
• Greenhouse Gas
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Greenhouse Gases
• Kyoto Protocol
• VaR
• Value-at-Risk
• climate change
• development
• natural gas
• organization
• sustainability

From the reviews of the first edition:

"This book principally addresses climate change and describes remedial strategies for developing countries based on the ‘Clean development mechanism’ of the ‘Kyoto Protocol’. It provides a very comprehensive account of the array of proposals and economic instruments devised by the international community - including the Joint Implementation and Emissions Training initiatives of the Protocol - to abate global warming. The effects of other major atmospheric, land and water pollutants from industries and domestic sources are also covered." (Bulletin of the International Institute of Refrigeration, Issue 3, 2002)

• Euro-Asia Pacific Corporation Ltd., London, UK

  Michael See

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