What are the policy levers for promoting the adoption of electric vehicles and other clean transport technologies?

The Kyoto Protocol went into effect in 2005, after it was ratified by Russia. The United States and Australia are the only major developed countries that ... Results show that the protocol was successful in reducing the emissions of the ratifying countries approximately by 7% below the emissions expected under a “No- ... Dec 2, 2011 ... ... Climate Change. We recognize that the Kyoto Protocol is the only legally binding international instrument we have to reduce greenhouse. The Kyoto Protocol sets quantitative targets for countries to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, but it recognizes that the same goal ... The protocol limits the allowable terrestrial sources and sinks of carbon to strictly defined cases of “afforestation, reforestation and deforestation” It covers the accounting and reporting of the six greenhouse gases covered by the UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol — currently, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), ... We show that U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol can be rationalized under political economy considerations. The reason is that U.S. compliance costs ... Of the major emitters, only the European Union and Japan joined, while China, Australia, and the United States decided not to. By the year 2001, there were ... iisd.ca/linkages/download/asc/enb1276e.txt> (on file with author). 40 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate. Change, Dec. 10, ... By Anita M. Halvorssen, Published on 01/01/05.