Restricting the import of 'emission credits' in the EU: A power struggle between states and institutions

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-38

  Flåm, Karoline Hægstad ^a  

^a FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cap; CDM; Climate policy; ETS; EU; JI; Kyoto Protocol; Linking; Project mechanisms

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; IMPORT; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 59549101948     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-008-9081-7     Document Type: Article

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