A Globally Integrated Climate Policy for Canada - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802095968 ISBN 13: 9780802095961

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2007

Synopsis

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 this title

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0802095968
• ISBN 13: 9780802095961
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Bernstein Steven, Brunee Jutta, Duff David, Green Andrew