The Kyoto Protocol carbon bubble: Implications for Russia, Ukraine, and emission trading (original) (raw)
1998, Working Papers
Downloadable! The emission targets adopted in the Kyoto Protocol far exceeded the likely level of emissions from Russia and Ukraine. These countries could sell their "bubbles" if the Protocol enters into force and industrialized countries establish an international emission trading ...
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