. Because linkage reduces the cost of achieving given targets, there is tremendous pressure to link existing and planned cap … linkage to evaluate potential roles that linkage may play in post-Durban international climate policy, both in a near-term, de …-term, more comprehensive bottom-up architecture of direct links. Although linkage will certainly help to reduce long …

-reduction-credit system — has developed a substantial constituency, despite some concerns about its performance. Because linkage between … various types of linkages, and analyze the near-term and long-term role that linkage may play in a future international … climate policy architecture. In particular, we evaluate linkage in three potential roles: as an independent bottom …