Handbook of Carbon Markets

Name: Handbook of Carbon Markets
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035312641
Price: 2332.85 HKD
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Author: Harro van Asselt; Jørgen Wettestad
ISBN: 9781035312641

Edited by Harro van Asselt · Jørgen Wettestad

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Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781035312641
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: October 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This timely Handbook of Carbon Markets provides an overview and analysis of carbon markets in theory and practice. Scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and backgrounds evaluate the state of voluntary and compliance carbon markets, as well as their contribution to urgent climate and energy transitions.

Contributors present key insights into well-established and newly emerging carbon markets across the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Chapters consider the rapidly evolving frameworks for global carbon markets, taking into account developments under the Paris Agreement and in voluntary carbon markets. Adopting a forward-looking approach, the Handbook explores topics including carbon dioxide removal, carbon leakage, carbon markets and climate justice, and the interactions between different types of carbon markets in achieving net-zero goals.

The Handbook of Carbon Markets is an essential resource for academics and researchers in climate policy, environmental law and economics. Postgraduate students and government officials will equally benefit from the balanced and diverse exploration of these key instruments of climate policy.

PART I SETTING THE SCENE; 1.
Introduction to carbon markets: from theory to practice 2: Harro van Asselt and Jørgen Wettestad; 2.
The economics of carbon markets 19: Christoph Böhringer and Knut Einar Rosendahl; 3.
The politics of carbon markets 38: Robert Watt and Matthew Paterson; 4.
The law of carbon markets 51: Michael Mehling; PART II INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF CARBON MARKETS; 5.
International carbon markets and the international climate regime: a roller-coaster ride 71: Axel Michaelowa; 6.
Carbon markets, carbon leakage, and trade 86: Alice Pirlot; 7.
The voluntary carbon market: reinventing itself to align with the Paris Agreement? 96: Nicolas Kreibich and Hanna-Mari Ahonen; 8.
Linkages among compliance, hybrid, and voluntary carbon markets 115: Elena Marro and Jos Delbeke; PART III REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CARBON MARKETS; 9.
EU emissions trading: a late-blooming frontrunner 131: Jørgen Wettestad and Brendan Moore; 10.
China’s carbon market: slow and steady wins the race? 145: Gørild Heggelund, Iselin Stensdal, Maosheng Duan, and Yan Qin; 11.
Carbon pricing in North America: a review of federal and subnational policies 162: Easwaran J. Narassimhan, Aman Srivastava, and Kelly Sims Gallagher; 12.
The hybrid construction of Australia’s carbon market 190: Rebecca Pearse; 13.
Can climate change acts cure the political maladies of emissions trading? Lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand 205: Ian Bailey and Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg; 14.
Emissions trading in the Republic of Korea: limits and trade-offs of carbon pricing in the context of fossil fuel development 218: Asgeir Barlaup and Katja Biedenkopf; 15.
Carbon markets in Brazil: the interoperability of a compliance and a voluntary framework 233: Natascha Trennepohl; PART IV CROSSCUTTING ISSUES; 16.
Carbon markets and climate justice 245: Tomilola Akanle; 17.
Carbon dioxide removal and carbon markets 261: Asbjørn Torvanger