Greenhouse Gas Emissions

1 Introduction.- 2 Global Warming.- 3 The Kyoto Protocol's Flexible Mechanisms.- 4 Institutional Issues.- 5 Global Emissions of Carbon Dioxide.- 6 Clean Development Mechanism Project Prospects.- 7 Project Parameters and Equitable Treatment.- 8 CO2 Reduction Technologies and Financial Analysis.- 9 Emissions Trading.- Conclusions.- Appendices.- A1 Contact Addresses of Environmental Authorities/Relevant Government Authorities in Developing Countries.- A2 United Nations and Multilateral Environmental Organisations Concerned with Environmental Policies and Financing of Projects.- A3 Emissions Measurement and Monitoring.- A3.1 Technical Methods (Table A3.1).- A3.2 Maintaining Sustainability in Kyoto Protocol Projects.- A3.3 World Bank Guidelines on Environmental Standards - Major Atmospheric, Land and Water Pollutants from Industries and Domestic Sources (Table A3.2).- A4 The Green 500 Project - A National Green Index to Rank Firms, Case Study: United Kingdom, Case Example 1, Case Example 2 (Tables A4.1, A4.2).- A5 Carbon Accounting and Carbon Taxes.- A5.1 Accounting for Carbon Assets.- A5.2 Effect of Taxation on Carbon Dioxide Emissions.- A6 National Pilot Schemes for Emissions Permits Trading Outside Annex I countries.- A6.1 National Permits Trading Scheme for India and China: Bilateral Cooperation Between the World's Two Most Populous Countries.- A6.2 Model Questionnaire to Enterprises in Developing Countries.- A7.1 Annuitised and Levelised Costs of Carbon Abatement.- A7.2 Pricing Credits or Permits: Calculating "Overnight" and "Discounted" Cost.- A7.5 Economics of Energy Conversion - Coal to Natural Gas for Power Stations.- A8 Cost Data - Indicative Costs of Key Equipment for Thermal Power Projects.- A9.1 The Clean Development Mechanism.- A9.2 Role ofthe Conference of the Parties (Governments).- A9.3 The Role of the Private Sector and Trading Exchanges.- A9.4 Kyoto Protocol and Non-Kyoto Protocol Risks.- A9.5 Case for Private Sector Financing of CDM Projects.- A9.6

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)