About the Author
Robert N. Stavins is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government, Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, and Chairman of the Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group.
Tag Archives: Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008
Opportunities and Ironies: Climate Policy in Tokyo, Seoul, Brussels, and Washington
As I write this, I’m on board a flight from Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco, California, on my way home to Boston, having spent the week of Harvard spring break meeting with senior government officials, academics, and leaders of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Policy, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Positive Political Economy
Tagged Australia, cap-and-trade, Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, COP-15, COP-16, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Accord, cost-effectiveness, distributional equity, environmental politics, G20, global climate policy, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, Japan, Korea, Kyoto Protocol, lead trading, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008, Major Economies Forum, McCain-Lieberman legislation, Mexico, New Zealand, Obama Administration, OECD, Seoul, SO2 allowance trading, Tokyo, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Waxman-Markey legislation
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Worried About International Competitiveness? Another Look at the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Proposal
The potential impacts of proposed U.S. climate policies on the competitiveness of U.S. industries is a major political issue, and it was one of the key issues in the Energy and Commerce Committee of the House of Representatives in the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy
Tagged aluminum, Australia, Brazil, cap-and-trade, cement, China, comparative advantage, developing countries, efficiency, environmental politics, European Union, fossil fuels, free rider problem, glass, global climate policy, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, import allowance requirement, India, Indonesia, international climate agreement, international copetitiveness, International Reserve Allowance Program, iron, Japan, leakage, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008, linkage of cap-and-trade systems, market-based environmental policies, Mexico, New Zealand, Obama Administration, output-based updating allocation, paper, revenue-neutral taxes, South Africa, steel, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Waxman-Markey legislation, World Trade Organization (WTO)
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