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Policy Surveillance in the G-20 Fossil Fuel Subsidies Agreement : Lessons for Climate Policy
Aldy, Joseph E. - 2016
alternative approach to transparency, I evaluate policy surveillance under the 2009 G-20 fossil fuel subsidies agreement. The …. The G-20 leaders agreed to submit their subsidy reform strategies to peer review and to independent expert review …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001477
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Policy Surveillance in the G-20 Fossil Fuel Subsidies Agreement: Lessons for Climate Policy
Aldy, Joseph E. - 2015
alternative approach to transparency, I evaluate policy surveillance under the 2009 G-20 fossil fuel subsidies agreement. The …. The G-20 leaders agreed to submit their subsidy reform strategies to peer review and to independent expert review …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451155
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Do carbon offsets offset carbon?
Calel, Raphael; Colmer, Jonathan; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - 2021
the misallocation of carbon offsets in the Clean Development Mechanism - the world's largest carbon offset program. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650589
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Sharing R&D investments in breakthrough technologies to control climate change
Rubio, Santiago J. - 2016
This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. In order to analyze the scope of cooperation, a three-stage technology agreement formation game is solved. First, countries decide whether or not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451142
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Sharing R&D investments in cleaner technologies to mitigate climate change
El-Sayed, Abeer; Rubio, Santiago J. - 2014
This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. It is assumed that when countries cooperate they coordinate their investments so as to minimize the agreement costs of controlling emissions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344228
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Managing momentum in climate negotiations
Carattini, Stefano; Löschel, Andreas - 2020
The Conference of the Parties (COP) has proven a valuable outlet to advance the climate agenda. The combination of high media coverage, extremely high expectations set by influential environmentalists, and unanimity rules has, however, started to limit its effectiveness. Technical issues can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012318579
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Overlapping climate clubs under transaction costs
Silva, Emilson C. D.; Yamaguchi, Chikara - 2018
We examine the formation of multilateral, hub-and-spoke and bilateral international R&D strategic alliances (overlapping climate clubs) to reduce CO2 emissions. R&D provision in clubs produces two types of positive externalities: a global public good (i.e., reduction of CO2 emissions) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926354
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Advancing global carbon abatement with a two-tier climate club
Iverson, Terrence - 2022
A two-tier climate club exploits the comparative advantage of large countries to mete out punishments through trade, while taking their capacity to resist punishment as a constraint. Countries outside the coalition price carbon at a fixed fraction of the average carbon price adopted within the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285515
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reform in the WTO : Options for Constraining Dual Pricing in the Multilateral Trading System
Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2018
context of fossil fuel subsidy reform. In view of climate change mitigation, the World Trade Organization (WTO) should … environmentally harmful fossil fuel subsidy: States that maintain dual-pricing policies are not incentivised to curb their CO2 …, the piece approaches dual pricing from the viewpoint of being a fossil fuel subsidy. The contribution explores avenues to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931636
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Subsidy Regulation in WTO Law : Some Implications for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy
Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2017
This contribution discusses WTO subsidies disciplines in the context of the energy sector. After laying out the relevant disciplines, it will discuss the paradox of WTO law with respect to subsidies towards fossil fuels vis-à-vis those towards renewable energy. It is clear that subsidies on...
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