The debate about how best to manage the interplay between trade,
industrialization and the impacts of both on the global environment
continues to rage, particularly in the context of the introduction and
ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. This book deals with a number of
important issues surrounding the debate about trade and the environment,
but places particular emphasis on the process of EU enlargement.  The
first two chapters, by prominent American scholars, present the case for
and against the Kyoto Protocol. The authors go on to review the broader
trade–environment debate by undertaking a critical analysis of the
interplay between current WTO and EU economic policies and how they
conflict with policies aimed at environmental protection.  The third
part focuses on EU accession economies and discusses how EU policies can
best strike a balance between environmental improvements and economic
development in those countries. Finally the book reviews the impact of
economic transition on environmental policies in Russia and Central and
Eastern Europe. This book will be of great interest to scholars
interested in the trade–environment debate and will be a valuable
resource for international environmental policymakers.   

Contributors: S. Alpay, M.R. Auer, R.N. Cooper, J.A.
Frankel, M.O. Kayalica, V. Kotov, O.J. Kuik, S. Lahiri, J.W. Maxwell, F.
Missfeldt, E. Nikitina, F.H. Oosterhuis, L. Paizs, C. Perrings, R.
Pesic, R. Reuveny, D. Urge-Vorsatz, A. Vikhlyaev, A. Villavicenco

The debate about how best to manage the interplay between trade, industrialization and the impacts of both on the global environment continues to rage, particularly in the context of the introduction and ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. This book deals with a number of important issues surrounding the debate about trade and the environment, but places particular emphasis on the process of EU enlargement.  The first two chapters, by prominent American scholars, present the case for and against the Kyoto Protocol. The authors go on to review the broader trade–environment debate by undertaking a critical analysis of the interplay between current WTO and EU economic policies and how they conflict with policies aimed at environmental protection.  The third part focuses on EU accession economies and discusses how EU policies can best strike a balance between environmental improvements and economic development in those countries. Finally the book reviews the impact of economic transition on environmental policies in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. This book will be of great interest to scholars interested in the trade–environment debate and will be a valuable resource for international environmental policymakers.   

Contributors: S. Alpay, M. R. Auer, R. N. Cooper, J. A. Frankel, M. O. Kayalica, V. Kotov, O. J. Kuik, S. Lahiri, J.W. Maxwell, F. Missfeldt, E. Nikitina, F. H. Oosterhuis, L. Paizs, C. Perrings, R. Pesic, R. Reuveny, D. Urge-Vorsatz, A. Vikhlyaev, A. Villavicenco