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What to Expect When Expecting Climate-Change Legislation
Volume 1, Issue 1
Authors:
Jeewon Kim, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
William Pentland, Clean Tech Law & Business
Abstract:
Research on climate change during the 1970s and 1980s exposed the dangers associated with global
warming. Since then, several different strategies have been offered by local, national and international
communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This article traces the history of climate policy in the
United Nations as well as the United States to identify trends in greenhouse gas regulation and the
efficacy of these various approaches. The European Union’s experimentation with cap-and-trade under
the Kyoto protocol raises concerns that must be overcome in any future international strategy regulating
emissions. In this vein, the United States is looking to market-based alternatives. Any new international
climate regulation must focus on several interlinked policy goals to be successful.
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