Beyond Kyoto - A New Global Climate Certificate System

A Clear-Cut and Quantified Criterion for a Successful Global Climate Policy.- A Comprehensive Standard System for Evaluating the Prospect of Success of Different Climate Protection Systems.- Evaluation of the Existing Kyoto System and the Most Important Incremental Evolution Proposals to Reach EU's Minimum Target for Climate Sustainability.- Structural Regime Change in the Kyoto/UNFCCC System Through Price or 'Cap and Trade' Incentive Systems for Climate Sustainability.- The Basic Concept of an Application-Orientated Global Climate Certificate System, GCCS (Eight Elements) and Its More Detailed Assessment.- Implementation of GCCS: Administrative and Other Aspects of GCCS' Eight Basic Elements in More Detail.- The GCCS - An Overview of the Global Climate Certificate System.- GCCS-Acceptability: Economic Analysis, Fairness Discussion (Per Capita Approach), Legal Feasibility, Gains and Burdens for Different Countries and Regions.- Elements of a Strategy to Implement and Enforce GCCS as an Effective Beyond-Kyoto-I Climate Protection System.

From the reviews:

"This book shows how much humankind can 'prevent dangerous interference with the climate system' without dangerous interference with the global economic system. ... this book is centered on the economic side of the prevention of global warming. ... It is certainly a rich source of information on the economic part of the Kyoto protocol ... . Recommended for critics of the Kyoto system and admirers of the global climate certificate system." (Ch. Kessler, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 15 (6), 2006)

"This book provides an interesting alternative approach to global climate change policy, and its reliance on market-based incentives is its strong suit. ... Those with a sincere interest in policy proposals based on per capita allocations and emissions trading would find this manuscript of more interest." (Joseph E. Aldy, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, September, 2006)