Carbon dioxide capture and storage—liability for non-permanence under the UNFCCC

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has recently been gaining more and more attention as a climate change mitigation option. However, as CO₂ may re-enter the atmosphere after injection into geological reservoirs, the question of long-term liability has to be considered if an environmentally sound policy is desired. Apart from this aspect, additional complexities arise from the fact that CO₂ capture and storage can be carried out in two different countries. A classification of CCS cross-border activities shows that not all cases with non-Annex I participation fall under the Clean Development Mechanism. This classification is based on the assumption that according to Article 1.8 of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, CCS would be considered an emission reduction at the source. Furthermore, we elaborate on the problem that seepage of CO₂ from reservoirs located in non-Annex I countries—under current rules—would not be subtracted from the emission budget of any country. We discuss options for creating liability in these cases.     

对中国引进外资银行的一点思考

随着1999年11月15日中美就中国加入世贸组织达成协议,中国\"入世\"进程进入了一个新阶段.这意味着我国各行各业将面临一个越来越开放的市场.开放带来的是机遇,更是挑战.本文从我国金融开放的角度,分析引进外资银行对我国产生的正面及负面影响,并对如何尽量消除负面影响提出了一些对策思考.     

解读“碳汇林业”

该文通过对国际气候变化及各国应对气候变化积极采取措施这一背景的分析,解读“碳汇林业”产生的来龙去脉,对“碳汇林业”这一概念的内涵予以阐述。     

'It's the romance,not the finance,that makes the business worth pursuing': disclosing a new market culture

This paper argues that the new economy was a rhetorical fabrication, which, through the ability of stakeholders like the cultural circuit of capital, was able to define what the facts consisted of and to train up bodies that bent to those facts. This fabrication could therefore produce regularities in the world. In the first instance, the chief beneficiary was the financial sector, which was able to use the new economy rhetoric to engineer a financial bubble. But, even after the inevitable financial crash, the new economy has left a legacy which should not be scoffed at.     

顶空气相色谱法测定生物组织中的一氧化碳

本文主要研究用顼空气相色谱法测定生物检材中的一氧化碳。分析一个样品只需三分钟即可完成。本法不但适用于血样检材,而且适用于生物组织,甚至腐败生物检材,对于血液样品的最小检测量为50μl,变异系数为0.023。本文研究的方法已成功地应用于法庭科学一氧化碳中毒案件的检验。并描述了贮存的方法。     

建国以来的信贷制度变迁:从计划走向市场

中国信贷制度在从计划信贷制度走向市场信贷制度的过程中,信贷功能逐步由单纯的、从属于财政的货币分配角色向资源配置和融资功能回归.对应于信贷制度的变迁,中国国有银行的信贷行为也由行政性信贷配给逐步向市场性信贷配给转变.这种转变直接影响银行信贷结构、信贷规模的变化和信贷资源的配置效率.理解中国信贷制度变迁的内在逻辑是了解中国金融机构信贷微观运行与宏观效应的基础.     

Capitalism,Markets and Politics

The term ‘capitalism’ is no longer a relevant way in which to describe or to understand a modern economy. Ownership of capital is not the source of economic power that it once was. Business leaders of today do not own the factories and the machines, nor do they need to. Let us consider instead, markets. Not the markets for financial products that we see depicted on rows of flickering screens in Canary Wharf, but real markets. Market economies have proved to be chaotic, and imperfect and yet they are the most successful way we know to allocate goods and services. Through a process of experimentation, much failure and some success they evolve. Their development is necessarily uncertain, but that is also their greatest strength.     

US war on terror EU SWIFT(ly) signs blank cheque on EU data

The EU and the United States signed the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (also known as SWIFT Agreement) agreement giving the US authorities access to bulk data containing the millions of records in the EU to enable the US authorities to trace financial transactions related to suspected terrorist activity (or to put it bluntly, against US interest). The SWIFT Agreement added some data protection safeguards, but the United States has been found to circumvent the agreement with the aid of the Europol. The EU Commission and the Europol have classified all documents concerning the SWIFT Agreement as secret. EU citizens confront a dark future where unelected EU bureaucrats continue to betray the trust of the people handing out bulk data to “counter terrorism” but at the same time undermining cherished values and violating human right standards and principles.