Carbon Trading Law and Practice

Author: Scott Deatherage
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
ISBN: 9780199732210
Published In: May 2011
Format: Paperback , 346 pages
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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Excellent guide for practitioners involved in the voluntary credit market or the developing market for those that will be required to meet greenhouse gas emission restrictions in the future
Comprehensive treatment of the areas of law surrounding carbon trading, including accessible explanations of key issues and terms
Written by an experienced environmental law practitioner

In Carbon Trading Law and Practice, author Scott D. Deatherage provides practitioners with a comprehensive practical guide to the US and international practice of carbon emissions trading. The book includes a comprehensive examination of climate change, emissions trading, international and EU law, other reduction programs, carbon credit financing, and the US regulatory regime for emissions trading.

The use of market-based systems as a means of regulating emissions and other environmental pollution or degradation is a growing phenomenon. As nations and states appear to be responding to scientific pronouncements regarding the existence and causes of climate change, environmental markets appear to be one of the main tools that will be used to address greenhouse gas emissions.Carbon Trading Law and Practice provides the fundamental explanation and the underlying legal systems and issues that serve to create and sustain carbon credit creation and the trading of these credits, and a series of related legal and business issues.

Readership: The book will appeal to attorneys beginning their practice in this area of law, specifically in environmental, corporate and finance law and to high-level practitioners seeking quick issue spotting on carbon trading practice. It will also appeal to in-house counsel, academics, representatives of investment firms and banks, consultants in the environment or engineering, as well as government agencies.

Scott Deatherage, Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP

Scott Deatherage has practiced environmental law for the last 20 years, and currently is the head of Thompson & Knight's Climate Change and Renewable Energy Practice Group. He has negotiated carbon credit purchase agreements and advised clients on investing in carbon credit transaction. He also counsels clients on climate change regulation on their facilities. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School where he served as the Articles Editor of The Harvard Environmental Law Review.