On the Compatibility of Flexible Instruments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. General Overview of Flexible Instruments’ Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Flexible Instruments’ Carbon Credits After Kyoto

      • Catrinus J. Jepma, Wytze Van Der Gaast

      Pages 3-15

   3. Strengthening the Economy Through Climate Change Policies

      • Igor Bashmakov

      Pages 17-30

3. The Clean Development Mechanism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31

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   2. The Clean Development Mechanism

      • Malik Amin Aslam

      Pages 33-45

   3. Creation and Sharing of Credits Through the Clean Development Mechanism Under the Kyoto Protocol

      • Michael Dutschke, Axel Michaelowa

      Pages 47-64

   4. An Exploration of Possible Crediting Regimes for the CDM

      • Stuart Parkinson, Katie Begg, Tim Jackson

      Pages 65-76

   5. Additionality, Transactional Barriers and the Political Economy of Climate Change

      • Thomas Charles Heller

      Pages 77-89

4. International Emissions Trading

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Towards A Successful International GHG Emissions Trading System

      • Zhong Xiang Zhang

      Pages 93-102

   3. Administrative and Compliance Issues Related to International Emissions Trading

      • Naoki Matsuo

      Pages 103-107

   4. Designing a Domestic GHG-Emissions Trading System

      • Dean Anderson, Kjell Roland, Per Schreiner, John M. Skjelvik

      Pages 109-124

   5. On Equity and Developing Country Participation

      • Agus P. Sari

      Pages 125-139

5. Compatibility of the Flexibility Mechanisms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Meeting the Kyoto Commitments Using JI, CDM and IET

      • Samuel P. Mauch, Thomas Von Stokar, Nicole North

      Pages 143-150

   3. The Kyoto Mechanisms and the Need for Commercialised Offsets Trading

      • Peter Read

      Pages 151-163

6. Back Matter

   Pages 165-171

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This volume is on the flexibility mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol and summarises the main fmdings of a two day workshop on 'Dealing with Carbon Credits after Kyoto', organised by ETC and the JIN foundation (both from the Netherlands) in Callantsoog, the Netherlands, on 28-29 May 1998. The workshop was one of the fIrst meetings held on the flexibility mechanisms after the Kyoto Protocol had been accepted at the Third Conference of the Parties (CoP3) in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997. During the workshop it became clear that during the stage of translating the Protocol provisions on the flexibility mechanisms (notably Articles 6, 12 and 17) into concrete action, there are still many questions on how to interpret the scope and meaning of the Protocol text precisely. Indeed, various issues need to be elaborated on before a full assessment of the future practical work - the start of CDM and JI projects and possibly international emissions trading - can be made. Several issues were addressed at the workshop: e. g. how and via which procedures to determine the net abatement of particular CDMIJI projects; who is liable for non­ compliance in international emissions trading; is there a need for credit sharing formulae; can incentives be provided for early action, etc.

• Emissions Trading
• Kyoto Protocol
• Policy
• climate change
• emissions

• University of Groningen, University of Amsterdam, Open University, The Netherlands

  Catrinus J. Jepma

• Foundation Joint Implementation Network, Paterswolde, The Netherlands

  Wytze Gaast

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