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Political Science Environmental Policy

A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada

edited by Steven Bernstein, Jutta Brunee, David Duff & Andrew Green

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2007
Category
Environmental Policy
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802098788
    Publish Date
    Dec 2007
    List Price
    $120.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442693029
    Publish Date
    Dec 2007
    List Price
    $44.95

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Canada has been an engaged participant in global climate change negotiations since the late 1980s. Until recently, Canadian policy seemed to be driven in large part by a desire to join in multilateral efforts to address climate change. By contrast, current policy is seeking a "made in Canada" approach to the issue. Recent government-sponsored analytic efforts as well as the government's own stated policies have been focused almost entirely on domestic regulation and incentives, domestic opportunities for technological responses, domestic costs, domestic carbon markets, and the setting of a domestic carbon "price" at a level that sends the appropriate marketplace signal to produce needed reductions.

A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada builds on the premise that Canada is in need of an approach that effectively integrates domestic priorities and global policy imperatives. Leading Canadian and international experts explore policy ideas and options from a range of disciplinary perspectives, including science, law, political science, economics, and sociology. Chapters explore the costs, opportunities, or imperatives to participate in international diplomatic initiatives and regimes, the opportunities and impacts of regional or global carbon markets, the proper mix of domestic policy tools, the parameters of Canadian energy policy, and the dynamics that propel or hinder the Canadian policy process.

About the authors

Steven Bernstein is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto.

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Jutta Brunnée is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University and hold the Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law.

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David Duff is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.

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Andrew Green is a professor and the Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

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