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in international trade within a climate and trade policy framework. Three are the main contributions of the study. First …
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Human-generated greenhouse gases depend on the level of economic activity. Therefore, most climate change studies are … based on models and scenarios of economic growth. Economic growth itself, however, is likely to be affected by climate … economy to answer the following questions: Will climate change impacts significantly affect growth and wealth distribution in …
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Dutch national climate policy by (i) targeting the policy at the stock of greenhouse gases, thus allowing polluters … flexibility in their timing of emission reductions; and (ii) integrating climate policy with other policies, thereby optimising …
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implications of vulnerability from extreme meteorological events, induced by the climate change. In particular, we first consider … the impact of climate change on ENSO and NAO oceanic oscillations and, subsequently, the implied variation on regional …
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) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First …, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield numerical results that do not support the conclusion that ambitious climate …
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We offer a framework to assign quantitative allocations of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), across countries, one budget period at a time. Under the two-part plan: (i) China, India, and other developing countries accept targets at Business as Usual (BAU) in the coming budget period, the...
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emission reductions but cooperates on the development of new, climate friendly technologies that reduce the costs of abatement …
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cooperative climate agreement. Different incentive structures are discussed for those countries, namely the US, Russia and China …, that are most important in the climate negotiation process. Our analysis confirms the conjecture that, by appropriately … designing the emission trading regime, it is possible to enhance the incentives to participate in a climate agreement. Therefore …
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No international regime on climate change is going to be fully effective in controlling GHG emissions without the … issue linkage, transfers or burden sharing as tools to enhance the incentives to participate in a climate agreement, this … paper aims at exploring whether a different policy approach could lead more countries to adopt effective climate control …
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Many international treaties come into force only after a minimum number of countries have signed and ratified the treaty. Why do countries agree to introduce a minimum participation constraint among the rules characterising an international treaty? This question is particularly relevant in the...
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