Alberta Specified Gas Emitters regulation
, 91
Allen, Myles
, 23, 37, 44, 152
Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
, 39, 141
Arrhenius, Svante
, 1–2, 3, 21, 23
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
, 144, 180, 182, 187
Assigned Amount Unit (AAU)
, 162, 163, 165, 170, 171, 173
Australia
, 6, 13, 14, 35, 36, 56, 61, 122, 127, 163, 164, 168, 218, 221
California
, 89, 108, 109, 128
Canada
, 56, 66, 71, 86, 125, 127, 128, 144, 168, 170, 180, 186, 190, 210
Cap-and-trade system
, 88–89, 90, 91, 94, 95, 100, 103, 109, 110, 113, 115, 116, 118, 164, 169, 171, 180, 189
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
, 8–9, 64, 65, 86, 98, 106, 115, 119
Carbon pricing
, 67, 70, 72, 73, 75–119, 123, 128, 139, 144, 154, 161, 162–167, 171, 173, 176, 177, 178–183, 188, 228, 233, 238
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC)
, 166, 167
Carbon tax
, 86, 89–90, 94, 95, 96, 111, 113, 114, 116, 128, 133
China
, 9, 14, 51, 52, 55, 56, 58, 76, 89, 135, 154, 163, 178, 192, 193–194, 198, 200, 216, 233, 239n6, 241n23
Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
, 7, 17, 18, 33
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
, 91–92, 104, 117, 162, 163, 165, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 187, 217
COP15 Copenhagen
, 129, 139, 165, 216
COP21 Paris
, 2, 6, 39, 57, 129, 139, 140, 142, 149, 154, 166, 180, 183, 189, 191, 220
Electric vehicle (EV)
, 13, 85, 197, 204
Emissions trading system
, 72–73, 88, 97, 104, 107, 109, 123, 126, 128, 144, 163, 168, 177, 181, 182, 187, 217
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)
, 68, 71, 86, 219
EU ETS
, 72–73, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 110, 111, 116, 117, 163, 164, 168, 171, 175, 176, 177, 189
Industrial Revolution
, 2, 3, 4, 14, 44, 78, 238
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, INDC
, 136
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
, 23, 47, 65, 145, 147, 154, 158, 184
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
, 215, 217
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
, 166, 181, 182, 183
International Energy Agency (IEA)
, 20, 50, 77, 216, 227, 229
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
, 216, 235
Internationally transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMO)
, 185
Kyoto Protocol
, 6, 7, 92, 104, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 134, 136, 137, 144, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 177, 178, 179, 181, 183, 216
Paris Agreement
, 2, 5, 6, 23, 29, 43, 44, 52, 53, 58, 81, 121–159, 178–183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 194, 198, 205, 215, 216, 217, 220, 221, 228, 232, 233, 235, 237, 238
Potemkin village
, 105, 109
Renewable energy
, 52, 59, 60, 63, 64, 67, 68, 73, 75, 79–80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 94, 106–107, 110, 171, 175, 178, 191, 195, 197, 198, 220, 227, 228, 231, 237
Renewable Energy Directive, EU
, 64, 106
UNFCCC
, 5, 6, 43, 53, 54, 55, 58, 67, 68, 92, 122, 124, 129, 130, 132, 135, 142, 145, 164, 165, 166, 170, 179, 180, 183, 184, 217, 243n39
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
, 5, 33
United States of America
, 9, 10, 14, 15, 36, 55, 56, 61, 68, 69, 71, 80, 116, 117, 123, 124, 129, 136, 138, 141, 144, 149, 168, 170, 188, 189, 190, 221, 222, 223
University of Oxford
, 131, 242