论碳排放权的法律属性

Analysis of the Legal Attribute of Carbon Emission Right

《联合国气候变化框架公约》和《联合气候变化框架公约的京都议定书》所创设的碳交易在形式上为碳排放量交易,其背后的理论基础为碳排放权。科斯的环境产权理论要求我们应对环境容量资源进行产权界定。从法律视角考察的碳排放权一方面具有环境权的属性,另一方面又具有财产权的属性。碳排放权的这两种属性在实现环境资源可持续发展的终极目标方面是辩证统一的。

AAUs, ERUs and CERs are the commodity that can be traded under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol. Carbon emission right theory is the basis of the carbon trade transaction. This article analyzes the attribute of carbon emission right and concludes that it is in the nature of environmental right and property right. These two aspects of the carbon emission right can be united when the sustainable development of environment is the ultimate goal of the carbon trade system.