The implementation of activities aimed to mitigate global greenhouse gas emissions is more cost-efficient in developing countries than in most of the industrialized world. Thus it has been a major, but contentious topic in the climate negotiations to allow crediting of emissions reduction in...

Großbritannien ist neben Deutschland das einzige große EU-Land, in dem es seit 1990 zu einem deutlichen Rückgang der Treibhausgasemissionen gekommen ist. In dem Maße, wie sich dieser Rückgang abzeichnete, wurden die Emissionsziele ständig verschärft. Der entscheidende Faktor für den...

The Kyoto Protocol sets legally binding emission targets for industrialized countries without accounting for reductions carried out prior to 2008, the beginning of the first commitment period. There exists only one exception, the project-based Clean Development Mechanism. Two other possible ways...

Currently, international climate negotiations concentrate on design issues for the flexible instruments outlined in the Kyoto Protocol. As the 6th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in late 2000 or early 2001 has to take decisions on these matters, it is...