International Environmental Agreements in the Presence of Adaptation

Walid Marrouch () and Amrita Ray Chaudhuri

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Abstract: We show that adaptive measures undertaken by countries in the face of climate change, apart from directly reducing the damage caused by climate change, may also indirectly mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the stable size of international agreements on emission reductions. Moreover, we show that the more effective the adaptive measure in terms of reducing the marginal damage from emissions, the larger the stable size of the international environmental agreement. In addition, we show that larger coalitions may lead to lower global emission levels and higher welfare. Nous montrons que les mesures d'adaptation aux changements climatiques vont réduire directement les dommages causés par les changements climatiques. En plus, ces mesures peuvent aussi, indirectement, réduire les émissions des gaz à effet de serre puisqu'ils vont augmenter le nombre des participants dans les accords internationaux sur la réduction des émissions. En outre, nous montrons que la taille stable des accords internationaux sur l'environnement augmente avec l'efficacité des mesures d'adaptation. Par ailleurs, nous établissons que les grandes coalitions peuvent mener à des niveaux inférieurs d'émissions globales, et en plus ces grandes coalitions augment le bien-être mondial.

Keywords: international environmental agreements; adaptation; coalition formation; climate change; accords environnementaux internationaux; adaptation; formation de coalitions; changements climatiques (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 Q59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-02-01
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Working Paper: International Environmental Agreements in the Presence of Adaptation (2011)
Working Paper: International Environmental Agreements in the Presence of Adaptation (2011)
Working Paper: International Environmental Agreements in the Presence of Adaptation (2011)
Working Paper: International Environmental Agreements in the Presence of Adaptation (2011)
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