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International Tradable Carbon Permits as a Strong Form of Joint Implementation

Zhang, ZhongXiang; Nentjes, Andries - 2014

The concept of international tradable carbon permits has been discussed in scientific circles for over ten years. Since mid 1996, however, it has become a subject of more than just academic interest. The main reason for this change is to be found in the U.S. Draft Protocol to the Framework...

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Cooperation and competition in climate change policies : mitigation and climate engineering when countries are asymmetric

Manoussi, Vassiliki; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2014

We study a dynamic game of climate policy design in terms of emissions and solar radiation management (SRM) involving two heterogeneous regions or countries. Countries emit greenhouse gasses (GHGs), and can block incoming radiation by unilateral SRM activities, thus reducing global temperature....

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How to boost countries' climate ambitions : turning gains from emissions trading into gains for climate

Böhringer, Christoph; Helm, Carsten; Schürer, Laura - 2023

The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement fall short of the abatement needed to reach the 2°C target. Emissions trading could be a "costless" means to reduce the ambition gap if countries used their gains from trade for additional abatement. However, this requires...

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Climate policy options and the World Trade Organization

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde; Kim, Jisun - 2009

principles of the world trading system set forth in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the World Trade … ; climate policy options ; world trading system ; world trade organization ; WTO ; border measures ; greenhouse gas emissions …

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Three key elements of post-2012 international climate policy architecture

Olmstead, Sheila M.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2010

We describe three essential elements of an effective post-2012 international global climate policy architecture: a means to ensure that key industrialized and developing nations are involved in differentiated but meaningful ways; an emphasis on an extended time path of targets; and inclusion of...

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Are China's climate commitments in a post-Paris agreement sufficiently ambitious?

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2016

In international climate change negotiations, China’s role is an issue of perennial concern. In particular, the lack of quantitative, absolute emissions commitments from China has been the focus. In line with changing domestic and international contexts, China is recalibrating its stance and...

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Facilitating linkage of heterogeneous regional, national, and sub-national climate policies through a future international agreement

Bodansky, Daniel; Hoedl, Seth; Metcalf, Gilbert E.; … - 2015

Negotiations pursuant to the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action appear likely to lead to a 2015 Paris agreement that embodies a hybrid climate policy architecture, combining top-down elements, such as for monitoring, reporting, and verification, with bottom-up elements, including "nationally...

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Climate policy options and the World Trade Organization

Hufbauer, Gary Clyde; Kim, Jisun - 2009

principles of the world trading system set forth in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the World Trade … ; world trading system ; world trade organization ; WTO ; border measures ; greenhouse gas emissions …

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Three Key Elements of Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture

Olmstead, Sheila M. - 2010

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Individualism and Climate Change Policies : International Evidence

Vu, Trung V. - 2020

of climate change policies across the world. I postulate that individualistic societies are endowed with a better … tested using data for a world sample of up to 92 countries. To achieve causal inference, I isolate exogenous sources of … for unobserved country-specific factors, I perform subnational analyses using data from the World Values Survey. The …

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