Of Emissions Trading Issues

Emissions trading permits the polluting firms to trade their pollution rights,on the premise that environment capacity is limited. It is a cost-effective means for reducing pollution,and can well harmonize the relationship of economic development and environment protection.As a new policy,emissions trading is an innovation.The design and implement touches upon the field of social and economic life, needs a great quantity of endeavor.Emissions trading has been carried out in America for about twenty years.During this course,many successful cases has appeared,which can be useful for China.However,there are many unsuccessful cases,too.In order to avoid the same case,we should take it for care.Besides the learning of particular cases,the more important learning we should get from America experience is haw to build the institution.Because of the different conditions,the emission trading policyof China cannot be the same as the America's.It should take consideration of Chinese characteristics.The main differences between China and America in establishing emissions trading system are shown below.The construction of socialist market system are not still on.A great number of pollution sources are small and dispersed.The government expected to perform an important function in emissions trading system is not strong enough.With the problems in mind,the process of establishing the emissions trading system is destined to be difficult.However,there are advantages for China,too.Emissions permission system is very important policy foundation for emissions trading.It's lucky that we have gained a lot of experience form the permission system,which can greatly reduce the cost of establishing the new system.The market system becomes more and more complete.More and more people accept the idea of sustainable development.All which forms favorable conditionsfor emissions trading.In concluding,it's feasible for China to carry out emissions trading.The only problem is that we will be confronted with more challenge during the course.In the light of Chinese characteristics,the suitable emissions trading systems should include the following factors: establishing a market,which is distinguished by environment capacity and should include both point source and nonpoint-source.Organizing a powerful and corresponding government.Creating favorable external conditions, including legal conditions,firm conditions,finance conditions and policy conditions.In this paper, theoretical analysis of emissions trading on the basis of the practice from home and abroad to start emissions trading, through a comparative study of, methods analysis of the basis of China's emissions trading and its characteristics, pointing out that China's need for the establishment of an emissions trading system and the possibility of; and then the status of environmental pollution in China, to further explore the implementation of emissions trading of our main problems, which I put forward to overcome the problems and difficulties in the corresponding response strategies. China's economic system and legal system are different from the Western developed countries, there are some unique, and in the creation of China's emissions trading market in China should be based on the special nature to create. Finally, combining the practical experience of emissions trading in China, in the same time learn from the experience of foreign countries to China's special conditions for the establishment-based emissions trading market in our country and concrete steps.