A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada / / ed. by Steven Bernstein, Jutta Brunee, David Duff, Andrew Green.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Barrett, Scott,; Bernstein, Steven,; Brunnée, Jutta,; Demerse, Clare,; Doelle, Meinhard,; Drexhage, John,; Driesen, David M.,; Duff, David G.,; Green, Andrew J.,; Hoffmann, Matthew J.,; Homer-Dixon, Thomas,; Hunter, David B.,; Levin, Kelly,; Parks, Bradley C.,; Rajamani, Lavanya,; Roberts, J. Timmons,; Rowlands, Ian H.,; Winfield, Mark S.,
• HerausgeberIn: Bernstein, Steven,; Brunee, Jutta,; Duff, David ,; Green, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Canada has been an engaged participant in global climate change negotiations since the late 1980s. Until recently, Canadian policy seemed to be driven in large part by a desire to join in multilateral efforts to address climate change. By contrast, current policy is seeking a "made in Canada" approach to the issue. Recent government-sponsored analytic efforts as well as the government's own stated policies have been focused almost entirely on domestic regulation and incentives, domestic opportunities for technological responses, domestic costs, domestic carbon markets, and the setting of a domestic carbon "price" at a level that sends the appropriate marketplace signal to produce needed reductions. A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada builds on the premise that Canada is in need of an approach that effectively integrates domestic priorities and global policy imperatives. Leading Canadian and international experts explore policy ideas and options from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including science, law, political science, economics, and sociology. Chapters explore the costs, opportunities, or imperatives to participate in international diplomatic initiatives and regimes, the opportunities and impacts of regional or global carbon markets, the proper mix of domestic policy tools, the parameters of Canadian energy policy, and the dynamics that propel or hinder the Canadian policy process.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada -- PART ONE: The Need for Action -- 2. Positive Feedbacks, Dynamic Ice Sheets, and the Recarbonization of the Global Fuel Supply: The New Sense of Urgency about Global Warming -- PART TWO: Canada in the World -- 3. Climate Policy beyond Kyoto: The Perspective of the European Union -- 4. The Future of U.S. Climate Change Policy -- 5. China and India on Climate Change and Development: A Stance That Is Legitimate but Not Sagacious? -- 6. Comment - Across the Divide: The Clash of Cultures in Post-Kyoto Negotiations -- PART THREE: Global Regime Building - Parameters and Imperatives for Canada -- 7. The Global Regime: Current Status of and Quo Vadis for Kyoto -- 8. Grandfathering, Carbon Intensity, Historical Responsibility, or Contract/ Converge? -- 9. Global Carbon Trading and Climate Change Mitigation in Canada: Options for the Use of the Kyoto Mechanisms -- PART FOUR: Domestic Policy Tools - The Right Mix -- 10. Renewable Energy under the Kyoto Protocol: The Case for Mixing Instruments -- 11. A Comparative Evaluation of Different Policies to Promote the Generation of Electricity from Renewable Sources -- 12. Bringing Institutions and Individuals into a Climate Policy for Canada -- PART FIVE: Canada's Energy Policy -- 13. Climate Change and Canadian Energy Policy -- 14. Integrating Climate Policy and Energy Policy -- PART SIX: Policy Obstacles and Opportunities -- 15. A Proposal for a New Climate Change Treaty System -- 16. Climate Change and Global Governance: Which Way Ahead? -- 17. Challenges and Opportunities in Canadian Climate Policy -- Contributors