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Tung, Christopher --- "Reflections on the Chinese carbon market" [2015] ELECD 185; in Van Calster, Geert; Vandenberghe, Wim; Reins, Leonie (eds), "Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 86

Book Title: Research Handbook on Climate Change Mitigation Law

Editor(s): Van Calster, Geert; Vandenberghe, Wim; Reins, Leonie

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849803809

Section: Chapter 4

Section Title: Reflections on the Chinese carbon market

Author(s): Tung, Christopher

Number of pages: 15

Abstract/Description:

This chapter considers and reflects upon the evolution of the Chinese carbon market, from China’s ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to the emergence of municipal and regional pilot emissions trading schemes today. It identifies and comments upon some of the developments over this period, and speculates on the potential future of carbon trading in China.