Principles of Transparency in Emissions Trading Schemes

The Chinese Experience

Bibliographic Data

ID4610076
AuthorsFelicity Deane (0000-0003-1980-6576, Queensland University of Technology, corresponding author), Evan Hamman (0000-0002-6535-5545), Yilin Pei
Year2017
Volume6
Issue1
Pages87-106
Publication date2017-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransnational Environmental Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2047-1025 • E-ISSN: 2047-1033
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s2047102516000145
OpenAlexW2444433680
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

Transparency is fundamental to environmental governance. It promotes public trust, goodwill, and credibility in environmental decision making. It also ensures that monitoring and enforcement of emissions reduction targets are efficient and effective. As the impacts of climate change increase, it is urgent that scholars and policy makers develop and test criteria for transparency in both the calculation of emissions reductions and the public reporting of emissions. This article highlights basic principles of transparency that should inform such criteria and that may be applied on a transnational basis. We also examine China's recently implemented pilot emissions trading schemes and find that the approach in China does not yet comply with our suggested principles. Nevertheless, the positive direction of environmental governance in this region is encouraging

Business · China · Corporate governance · Credibility · Economics · Enforcement · Environmental economics · Environmental governance · Environmental planning · Goodwill · Greenhouse gas · Political science · Public economics · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Environmental Science · Law · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Accounting · Finance

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