UNEP Risoe announces forthcoming publication on carbon credit pricing. Carbon trading is expanding rapidly, with over 100 million credits from CDM projects sold to date. Market actors, particularly those engaged in CDM, need to be on top of new trends and price dynamics. This publication provides unique insights and in-depth analysis from traders, DNAs, legal advisers, investors, and CDM developers.

Sustainable development and international law, Christina Voigt, reviewed by Thiago Chagas and Charlotte Streck, Climate Policy 10 (2010), p 120-122.

Within New York University's School of Law publication “Climate Finance - Regulatory and Funding Strategies for Climate Change and Global Development”, Charlotte Streck contributed a chapter discussing the strengths, weaknesses and future of the CDM entitled “Expectations and Reality of the Clean Development Mechanism: A Climate Finance Instrument between Accusation and Aspirations”. The entire book, or specific thematic sections, can be downloaded at www.climatefinance.org.

Since 2005 the carbon market has grown to nearly $100 billion per annum. This new book examines all the main legal issues which are raised by this explosion of what is now called carbon finance. It covers not only the Kyoto Flexibility Mechanisms but also the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that is in the process of reform and other national and voluntary schemes. The Parties to the 1992 UN Framework Convention are in the process of negotiating a successor regime to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol whose commitment period ends in 2012. As scientists predict that the threat of dangerous climate change requires much more radical mitigation actions, the negotiations aim for a more comprehensive and wide ranging agreement which includes new players - such as the US - as well as taking account of new sources (such as aircraft emissions) and new mechanisms such as Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and Degradation (REDD). This volume will cover the legal aspects of these.

Review of the book “Corporate strategies and the Clean Development Mechanism: Developing Country Financing for Developed Country Commitments? By Søren Ender Lütken and Axel Michaelowa; Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, 2008” (2009) reviewed by Sandra Greiner (2009), published in Climate Policy 9-6, pp. 681-683, doi:10.3763/cpol.2009.0666. To download the review please follow the link.

Expectations and Reality of the Clean Development Mechanism A Climate Finance Instrument between Accusation and Aspirations (2009) by Charlotte Streck. Chapter available for download.

Making Markets Work: A Review of CDM Performance and the Need for Reform (2008) by Charlotte Streck and Jolene Lin, European Journal of International Law 2008, 19: 409-442.

The publication of a new book, Moving Ahead with REDD: Issues, Options and Implications was supported by the Norwegian government in order to facilitate progress of the unfccc negotiations on this important issue. Erik Solheim, Minister of Environment and International Development of Norway, described the value of “clarifying options associated with each issue- and their implications for effectiveness, efficiency and equity”. Robert O’Sullivan peer reviewed the book and Charlotte Streck contributed to two chapters: “What is the right scale for REDD” (Chap 4) and “How do we match country needs and financing sources” (Chap 5). The book was published by CIFOR and released at the cop in Poznan in December 2008. 

A Journal discussing climate policies around the globe, covering their conceptual design to the challenges of implementation. The Carbon & Climate Law Review brings together representatives from the legal discipline for the first time in one specialised journal, allowing them to engage in a dynamic debate on the law of climate change. Spanning practical and doctrinal focus, articles discuss ways in which legal professionals can help ensure smooth operation of the regulatory framework of the carbon markets. A section on current developments updates readers on the most recent events, trends, and political decisions. 

Special Issue of the Environmental Liability Journal on the legal status of Carbon Finance and the Flexible Mechanisms, edited by David Freestone and Charlotte Streck with contributions from Climate Focus team members

Snake Oil for the Mind: National Baselines for Reducing Deforestation by Charlotte Streck (2007). Published by The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace.

A project developer’s view on Joint Implementation, by Adriaan Korthuis, presented at the Joint Implementation workshop UNFCCC, 10 March 2006.

Financial Instruments and Cooperation in Implementing International Agreements for the Global Environment (2006), by Charlotte Streck, published in Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change, Gerd Winder (ed.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp.493-516.

The role of forests in global climate change: whence we come and where we go (2006), by Charlotte Streck and Sebastian Scholz, published in International Affairs 82 (5), pp. 861-879, London.

Implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism in China: Sustainable Development, Benefit Sharing and Ownership of Certified Emission Reductions (in press), by Charlotte Streck and Xinjun Zhang, Yearbook of International Environmental Law 2005, Vol.16, Oxford University Press, London.

Implementing the Kyoto Protocol: The European Emissions Trading Scheme (2005), by Charlotte Streck, published in The International Environmental Law Committee Newsletter, publication of the International Environmental Law Committee of the Section of International Law, American Bar Association, Vol. 1 Issue 1, June 2005, Washington, D.C. To download the newsletter please follow the link.

Legal Aspects of Implementing the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms: Making Kyoto Work (2005), by David Freestone and Charlotte Streck, Oxford University Press, London. Follow the link for table of contents. Or Buy the book from OUP .

State Aid Issues in Climate Change Policy  (2005), by Mercedes Fernandez, Eckard Rehbinder and Michael Bothe, published in EEP Network: Developing legal and economic instruments to implement climate policy, Eleven Publishing House, Utrecht.

Legal Ownership and Nature of Kyoto Units and EU Allowances, by Charlotte Streck and Matthieu Wemaere, in: Legal Aspects of Implementing the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms (2005), Charlotte Streck with David Freestone (eds), Oxford University Press, London.

Emissions Trading: Lessons From SOx and NOx Emissions Allowance and Credit Systems Legal Nature, Title, Transfer, and Taxation of Emission Allowances and Credits (2005), by Charlotte Streck and Markus W. Gehring, published in Environmental Law Reporter 4, Washington, D.C.

Featured as a spotlight article in the SinoSphere Journal of THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHINA’S ENVIRONMENT (PACE) Vol. 8 Issue, 1 May 2005, Beijing, pp. 5-12, this article discusses the potential for China to participate in the CDM, the variations across sectoral potential, and means to facilitate and capitalize upon development of CDM projects in the country.

Can the EU emission trading scheme support CDM forestry? (2005), by Charlotte Streck and Bernhard Schlamadinger, Benoit Bosquet, Ian Noble, Michael Dutschke, Neil Bird, published in Climate Policy, Vol. 5 Issue 2, Oxford University Press, London.

World Bank Carbon Finance Business: Contracts and Emission Reduction Purchase Transactions, by Charlotte Streck in: Legal Aspects of Implementing the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms (2005), Charlotte Streck with David Freestone (eds), Oxford University Press, London.

Joint Implementation: History, Requirements, and Challenges, by Charlotte Streck, in: Legal Aspects of Implementing the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms (2005), Charlotte Streck with David Freestone (eds).  Oxford University Press, London.

Emissions Trading and Joint Implementation in Accession Countries (2005), by Mercedes Fernandez and Leonardo Massai, published in EEP Network: developing legal and economic instruments to implement climate policy, Eckard Rehbinder and Michael Bothe (eds.), Eleven Publishing House, Utrecht.

The EU and Climate Change (2005), by Charlotte Streck and David Freestone, published in reflections on 30 Years of EU Environmental Law, A High Level of Protection?, Richard Macroy (ed.), The Avosetta Series (7), Europa Law Publishing, Groningen, pp.87-106.

Synergies between the Emissions Trading Proposal and the IPPC Directive (2003), by Mercedes Fernandez, published in ELNI, Vol.1, Öko-Institut, Darmstadt.

Progress or Peril? Partnerships and Networks in Global Environmental Governance, by Charlotte Streck, Jan Martin Witte and Thorsten Benner (eds.) (2003), The Post-Johannesburg Agenda, Yale RIS, New Haven.

Defining Investment Additionality for CDM projects – practical approaches (2003), by Sandra Greiner and Axel Michaelowa, Energy Policy 31, pp.1007-1015.

The World Summit on Sustainable Development: Partnerships as New Tools in Environmental Governance (2004), by Charlotte Streck , published in Yearbook of International Environmental Law 2002, Vol.13, Oxford University Press, London.

Global Public Policy Networks as Coalitions for Change (2002), by Charlotte Streck, published in Esty, Ivanova (eds). Global Environmental Governance, Options and Opportunities, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven.

Sharing the Climate Policy Burden in the EU (2002), by Toke Aidt and Sandra Greiner, Discussion Paper N. 176, Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Hamburg.