Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1843763222 ISBN 13 : 9781843763222

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

Voluntary approaches (VAs) are increasingly implemented in different countries as the main instrument in environmental policies. The authors focus on the economics of VAs, their advantages and disadvantages and how they compare with other climate policy instruments.

Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy illustrates how corporate voluntarism can be harnessed to mitigate the climatic impact of business, and assesses the economics of VAs at the firm level and in the context of climate policies. It goes on to explore their efficiency and effectiveness, how they compare and combine with other instruments, how they impact competition and why they get adopted. Many questions are addressed and answered, such as:

• What kinds of VAs have been implemented in different countries?
• How did they perform under various economic and environmental criteria?
• What are the key factors in increasing firms' participation in VAs?
• How do VAs combine with other climate policy instruments such as carbon taxes and emissions trading?
• How could they be designed for better performance?

The book also contains an overview of VAs with a summary of each contribution, their main policy implications and suggestions for future research.

Highlighting the implications of VAs in policy terms, this accessible book will appeal to a wide-ranging audience including economists, social scientists, policymakers and business managers, as well as environmental scientists and practitioners with a specific interest in climate change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edited by Andrea Baranzini, Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Geneva, Switzerland and Philippe Thalmann, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843763222
• ISBN 13: 9781843763222
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Baranzini Andrea, Thalmann Philippe
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible