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International Environmental Agreements on Climate Change

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Carlo Carraro

    1. University of Venice, Italy
      Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy

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Part of the book series: Economics, Energy and Environment (ECGY, volume 13)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Carlo Carraro
    Pages 1-8

  3. The structure of international environmental agreements

    • Carlo Carraro
    Pages 9-25

  4. Negotiating greenhouse abatement and the theory of public goods

    • Mike Hinchy, Brian S. Fisher
    Pages 27-36

  5. Co2 concentration limits, the costs and benefits of control, and the potential for international agreement

    • Stephen C. Peck, Thomas J. Teisberg
    Pages 37-55

  6. Necessary conditions for stabilization agreements

    • Zili Yang, Henry D. Jacoby
    Pages 57-75

  7. Burden sharing, joint implementation, and carbon coalitions

    • Glenn W. Harrison, Thomas F. Rutherford
    Pages 77-108

  8. On stabilizing CO2 concentrations — cost-effective emission reduction strategies

    • Alan Manne, Richard Richels
    Pages 109-130

  9. Exploring a technology strategy for stabilizing atmospheric CO2

    • Jae Edmonds, Marshall Wise
    Pages 131-154

  10. Economic impacts of multilateral emission reduction policies: simulations with WorldScan

    • J. C. Bollen, A. M. Gielen
    Pages 155-167

  11. The optimal timing of greenhouse gas emission abatement, individual rationality and intergenerational equity

    • Richard S. J. Tol
    Pages 169-181

  12. Implications of emissions limitation protocols and concentration stabilization trajectories for developing (Non-Annex I) countries

    • P. R. Shukla
    Pages 183-201

  13. Additionality, transactional barriers and the political economy of climate change

    • Thomas Charles Heller
    Pages 203-223

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 225-231
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Climate change is one of the major environmental concern of many countries in the world. Negotiations to control potential climate changes have been taking place, from Rio to Kyoto, for the last five years. There is a widespread consciousness that the risk of incurring in relevant economic and environmental losses due to climate change is high. Scientific analyses have become more and more precise on the likely impacts of climate change. According to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, current trends in greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions may indeed cause the average global temperature to increase by 1-3. 5 °C over the next 100 years. As a result, sea levels are expected to rise by 15 to 95 em and climate zones to shift towards the poles by 150 to 550 km in mid latitudes. In order to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change, the IPCC report concludes that a stabilization of atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide - one of the major GHGs - at 550 parts per million by volume (ppmv) is recommended. This would imply a reduction of global emissions of about 50 per cent with respect to current levels. In this context, countries are negotiating to achieve a world-wide agreement on GHGs emissions control in order to stabilize climate changes. Despite the agreement on targets achieved in Kyoto, many issues still remain unresolved.

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  • University of Venice, Italy

    Carlo Carraro

  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy

    Carlo Carraro

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