TY - BOOK AU - Munro,James TI - Emissions trading schemes under international economic law T2 - International economic law SN - 9780191867101 AV - K3593.5.C37 U1 - 344.046342 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Emissions trading KW - Law and legislation KW - International economic relations KW - International law KW - Law KW - ukslc KW - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law KW - thema N1 - This edition previously issued in print: 2018; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - The announcement by China that it will implement a national emissions trading scheme confirms the status of this instrument as the pre-eminent policy choice for mitigating climate change. China will join the dozens of existing and emerging schemes around the world - from the EU to California, South Korea to New Zealand - that use carbon units (otherwise known as emissions permits or carbon credits) to trade in greenhouse gas emissions in a multi-billion dollar global carbon market. However, to date, there has been no consensus about this pre-eminent policy instrument being regulated by international economic law through the World Trade Organization, international investment agreements, and free trade agreements UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198828709.001.0001 ER -