Although developing countries face a drastic increase in their greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation actions against climate change do not rank high among their priorities. The obvious reason lies in the necessity for them to continue the development process, which is characterised by pressing...

The international community has committed itself to adopt a global climate agreement in Paris in 2015, which shall enter into force in 2020. Common guidelines and commitments have to be developed for two distinctive groups of countries. On the one hand, there are developed countries with...