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The latest round of international negotiations in Copenhagen led to a set of commitments on emission reductions which are unlikely to stabilise global warming below or around 2°C. As a consequence, in the absence of additional ambitious policy measures, adaptation will be needed to address...
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In this paper, we discuss the endogenous formation of climate coalitions in the tradition of the issue-linkage literature. In particular, we propose a preferential free trade agreement on which a climate coalition should be built. The basic idea is that the benefits of free trade provide strong...
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climate-related damage reduction, and the benefit-cost ratios of each of these strategies are assessed for the world as a …
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To date, border adjustment measures in the form of emissions allowance requirements (EAR) under the U.S. proposed cap … implemented, such measures could disturb the world trade order and trigger a trade war. Because of these potentially far …-reaching impacts, this paper focuses on this type of unilateral border adjustment, which requires importers to acquire and surrender …
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To date, border adjustment measures in the form of emissions allowance requirements (EAR) under the U.S. proposed cap … improperly implemented, such measures could disturb the world trade order and trigger trade war. Because of these potentially far …-reaching impacts, this paper focuses on this type of unilateral border adjustment that requires importers to acquire and surrender …
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population (UN), energy use per person and real GDP (World Bank and Maddison). Even relatively conservative assumptions put a …
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Three gaps in the Kyoto Protocol most badly need to be filled: the absence of emission targets extending far into the future, the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other developing countries, and the absence of reason to think that members will abide by commitments. To be...
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Three gaps in the Kyoto Protocol most badly need to be filled: The absence of emission targets extending far into the future, the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other developing countries, and the absence of reason to think that members will abide by commitments. To be...
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