Im Rahmen der Luftreinhaltestrategie der Europäischen Union (Clean Air for Europe – CAFE)werden in den Jahren 2003/2004 Baselineszenarien für die Entwicklung der Emissions- undImmissionssituation in Europa erstellt. Dies betrifft den Wirkungsbereich der „traditionellen“Luftschadstoffe...

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...

In the context of climate protection policy it has been suggested that global CO2 emissions should be reduced significantly (contraction) and that per capita emissions should gradually be equalized across countries (convergence). This paper uses a dynamic multi-region computable general...