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Auf der UN-Klimakonferenz in Cancun im Dezember 2010 haben sich die teilnehmenden Staaten auf ein Maßnahmenpaket geeinigt, das auch einen globalen Grünen Klimafonds enthält. Der Design-Prozess dieses Fonds steht jetzt auf der politischen Agenda. Eine verbesserte Koordinierung der...
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Trade-related measures aim to regulate side-effects in international environmental agreements and are expected to positively influence the level of participation in the agreements as well as their degree of stability. In this paper we examine one side-effect of the 1994 International Tropical...
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The „first track“ of Joint Implementation under the Kyoto Protocol gives host and investor countries total freedom in choosing a baseline for a project reducing or sequestering greenhouse gases. This is due to the fact that an overly generous granting of emission credits leads to a...
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The authors suggest a multi-layered system of three convergence criteria – similar to those used in the run-up to the European monetary union – that define the notion of „demonstrable progress“ towards reaching the emission commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. These are the existence of...
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The issue of terrestrial carbon sinks, officially labelled as Land use, Land-use change and Forestry (LULUCF) has been one of the most contentious and difficult issues in the international climate change negotiations. This study analyses the negotiation process on sinks from the third Conference...
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more and more attention as a climate change mitigation option. However, CO2 suppressed in geological reservoirs is likely …
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Es wird häufig angenommen, dass nationale und grenzüberschreitende Klimapolitik, die aufgrund des Kyoto-Protokolls in den Industriestaaten eingeführt wird, durch die Einschränkung der Nutzung fossiler Energieträger ökonomische Kosten verursacht. Damit kann es zwischen den...
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forestry and agricultural sinks will further lower the necessity for emission reductions. A world market for emission rights … supply of "hot air" from Russia and Ukraine. Thus the world market price will be very low, probably between 1 and 5 € / t of …
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The Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol could create a great chance for developing countries to profit from projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the economic and environmental situation in the host country. The project cycle for the CDM differs from a usual...
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around the world. The paper starts by outlining the background and evolution of intellectual property rights. It then … on the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), the World Intellecutal Property Organization (WIPO), and the World Trade … WTO (TRIPS) und der World Intellecutal Property Organization (WIPO). Ferner wird auch die zunehmende Bedeutung bilateraler …
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