Emissions Trading Schemes and Their Linking : Challenges and Opportunities in Asia and the Pacific

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- 1.1 Existing and Emerging Emissions Trading Systems -- 2.1 Emissions Trading Systems Examined in Section 6 -- 2.2 Overview of the European Union Emissions Trading System -- 2.3 Overview of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative -- 2.4 Overview of the Western Climate Initiative -- 2.5 Overview of the Alberta Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program -- 2.6 Overview of the New Zealand Emissions Trading System -- 2.7 Overview of the Australian Carbon Pricing Mechanism -- 2.8 Overview of Japanese Prefecture Level-Based Emissions Trading Systems -- 2.9 Overview of the Republic of Korea Emissions Trading System -- 2.10 Experiences of Linking Emissions Trading Systems -- 3.1 Experience and Lessons from Existing Emissions Trading Systems -- 3.2 Phase III Cap and Change of Emissions Outlook -- 4.1 Overview of Emissions Trading Systems in the People's Republic of China -- 4.2 Overview of the Emissions Trading System in Kazakhstan -- 4.3 Overview of Emissions Trading Systems in India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam -- 5.1 Average Annual Growth Rate in Gross Domestic Product and Carbon Dioxide Emissions -- 5.2 Compliance to the Emissions Trading Systems in the People's Republic of China for the First 2 Years -- 5.3 Trading Volume of Emissions Trading Systems in the People's Republic of China for the First 2 Years -- 6.1 Trading Relationships between the Largest Economies in Asia and the Pacific -- 6.2 International Carbon Action Partnership Research on the Relative Importance of Emissions Trading System Design Elements on Linking -- 6.3 Summary of Reduction Targets and Trading System Implementation by Country -- A1.1 Aggregated Compliance Outcome of the Alberta Greenhouse Gas Project, 2007-2014.