Over the past decades, the international community has struggled to deal constructively with the problem of mitigating climate change. This is considered by many to be the most relevant public policy challenge of our time, but actual policy responses have been relatively modest. This report provides a narrative of the controversial relationship between international trade and the environment, with a special emphasis on the impact that commercial exchanges have on environmental degradation. After having provided this overview, the paper focuses on potential policy actions to tackle global environmental pollution and especially carbon dioxide emissions, deriving from international trade.
Nel corso degli anni, la comunità internazionale ha incontrato diverse difficoltà nell’affrontare costruttivamente il problema di mitigare il cambiamento climatico. Questa viene considerate da molti la principale sfida di politica pubblica dei nostri tempi, tuttavia finora le risposte regolamentari sono risultare essere piuttosto moderate. Questo report si propone di fornire una narrativa della controversa relazione tra il commercio internazionale e l’ambiente, con speciale enfasi sull’impatto che gli scambi commerciali hanno sul deterioramento ambientale. In seguito al delineamento di questo panorama, il paper si concentra sulle potenziali azioni e misure da adottare per contrastare l’inquinamento globale e in particolare quello costituito dalle emissioni di anidride carbonica derivante dagli scambi commerciali internazionali.
International trade and global emissions : carbon pricing to foster green transition
Ramirez Leguia, Valeria Kristen
2021/2022
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Over the past decades, the international community has struggled to deal constructively with the problem of mitigating climate change. This is considered by many to be the most relevant public policy challenge of our time, but actual policy responses have been relatively modest. This report provides a narrative of the controversial relationship between international trade and the environment, with a special emphasis on the impact that commercial exchanges have on environmental degradation. After having provided this overview, the paper focuses on potential policy actions to tackle global environmental pollution and especially carbon dioxide emissions, deriving from international trade.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10589/188740