Architectures for Agreement : Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World
Joseph E. Aldy
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (410 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Policy observations; Conclusion; References; 1 Introduction: International policy architecture for global climate change; Human activities and the global climate; The evolution of climate change policy architecture; The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); The Kyoto Protocol; Strengths and weaknesses of the existing international policy architecture; Strengths of the Kyoto Protocol; Weaknesses of the Kyoto Protocol; Looking beyond Kyoto. - 3.2 Beyond Graduation and Deepening: toward cosmopolitan scholarship. - Coverage of international transportCarbon sequestration by biospherical sinks; Carbon capture and geological storage; Coverage of substances generating tropospheric ozone; Change of GWPs for conversion into CO2 equivalent; Policy strategies to make graduation and deepening happen; Weather catastrophes as political windows of opportunity; Linking carrots and sticks; Grasping the fruit of past effort; Conclusions; References; Commentaries on Michaelowa; 3.1 Alternatives to Kyoto: the case for a carbon tax; A global carbon tax; References. - Expanding the circle of countries with obligations under the UNFCCC through thresholdsCombined financial and emission thresholds: graduation index; Absolute emission thresholds for policy commitments; Organizational thresholds; Definition of emission targets according to graduation status; The concentric circles of target stringency; Overall target allocation; Role of the .exible mechanisms in Graduation and Deepening; Attractiveness of IET compared to CDM; The CDM market - real participation by developing countries?; Other policy elements of Graduation and Deepening. - Proposals for the Post-Kyoto worldTargets and timetables; Harmonized domestic actions; Coordinated and unilateral policies; Synthesis and conclusions; References; Part I Targets and timetables; 2 Formulas for quantitative emission targets; What are necessary requirements for the next multilateral treaty?; Proposed architecture for quantitative emissions targets; The decade horizon: formulas for setting targets; Persuading developing countries to join a system of quantitative targets; The gains from trade; Progressive emissions commitments; Resolving concerns about unintended target stringency. - ReferencesCommentaries on Frankel; 2.1 Targets and timetables: good policy but bad politics?; References; 2.2 Incentives and meta-architecture; Climate policy architecture; Comprehensive, cap-and-trade; Fixing the flaws in Kyoto: participation and long-run credibility; Participation; Long-term targets and credibility; Meta-architecture; The spatial challenge; The temporal challenge; Conclusions; References; 3 Graduation and Deepening; Introduction; Key components of Graduation and Deepening; Definition of a greenhouse gas concentration target. - Architectures for Agreement offers a uniquely wide-ranging menu of options for post-Kyoto climate policy.
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| Emner | Climatic changes - Environmental aspects
Climatic changes - Government policy Environmental policy Environmental protection - International cooperation Vis mer... Earth & Environmental Sciences
Klimaforandringer Meteorology & Climatology klima klimaforandringer klimakriser global oppvarming miljøpolitikk drivhuseffekten klimapolitikk miljøvern internasjonalt samarbeid |
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| ISBN | 9780521692175. - 9780521871631
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