So far, the dominant paradigm in international climate policy has been mitigation while adaptation has been a low-key issue. However, with LDCs starting to push for adaptation side payments it has recently gained importance. The allocation of funds and the definition of adaptation activities are...

The “Kyoto Protocol”, as the first and only implementation mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will expire by the year 2012. There are, however, many good reasons not to abandon this multilateral approach to climate change, but to soon go for a new round...

The “Kyoto Protocol”, as the first and only implementation mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will expire by the year 2012. There are, however, many good reasons not to abandon this multilateral approach to climate change, but to soon go for a new round...

Im Dezember 2008 stehen wichtige Schritte der internationalen Klimapolitik bevor, die einerseits die Gestaltung der Klimaschutzmaßnahmen in Europa und andererseits ein Folgeabkommen des Kyoto-Protokolls nach 2012 betreffen. Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über den gegenwärtigen Stand der...

Anfang Dezember, bei dem Weltklimagipfel in Kopenhagen, wird das Startsignal zu einer wichtigen Verhandlungsrunde im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel gegeben. Doch die Chancen, in Kopenhagen ein neues Klimaprotokoll und somit einen erfolgreichen Ausgang zu erzielen, sind in den vergangenen Monaten...

In the negotiations towards an agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, one of the issues negotiated will be the allocation of emissions (or tradable emission permits) between countries. In most analyses and policy discussions, it is usually taken for granted that each country would like...

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) enables industrialized countries to meet a part of their emission reduction requirements through purchase of emission reduction credits from projects in developing countries....

The countries wishing to join the EU have a high potential for low cost greenhouse gas emission reduction. As they cannot join the ?bubble? agreement for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, project-based Joint Implementation (JI) could be a powerful strategy to integrate accession...