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Law’s Colares finds nations increasingly support restricting greenhouse gas emissions
http://cwru-daily.com/news/laws-colares-finds-nations-increasingly-support-restricting-greenhouse-gas-emissions/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Law’s Colares finds nations increasingly support restricting greenhouse gas emissions[/font]
June 4, 2013
[font size=3]Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Juscelino F. Colares’ recent research concludes global economic forces are pushing the United States and other countries toward a binding international environmental treaty.
In a recent Journal of World Trade article, Colares investigated the prospects of an international pact to restrict emissions from greenhouse gases (GHG). He said the United States is destined to become part of such a treaty, while also making economically driven changes to its own environmental law.
“This article’s original contribution is in presenting, arguably, the first explanation of how certain domestic political-economic forces will converge to support U.S. adoption of a carbon-restricting regime and participation in a binding global treaty,” Colares said.
In the article, Colares found that support for reforms is likely to increase in response to foreign carbon-restricting measures that may “tip the balance in favor of reform.”
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http://law.case.edu/faculty/colares_juscelino/publications/Colares2013_JWT_47_2_281_as_published.pdfJune 4, 2013
[font size=3]Case Western Reserve University School of Law Professor Juscelino F. Colares’ recent research concludes global economic forces are pushing the United States and other countries toward a binding international environmental treaty.
In a recent Journal of World Trade article, Colares investigated the prospects of an international pact to restrict emissions from greenhouse gases (GHG). He said the United States is destined to become part of such a treaty, while also making economically driven changes to its own environmental law.
“This article’s original contribution is in presenting, arguably, the first explanation of how certain domestic political-economic forces will converge to support U.S. adoption of a carbon-restricting regime and participation in a binding global treaty,” Colares said.
In the article, Colares found that support for reforms is likely to increase in response to foreign carbon-restricting measures that may “tip the balance in favor of reform.”
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