Fair Shares: Crediting Poor Countries for Carbon Mitigation

David Wheeler

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Abstract: Focusing on the power sector, Wheeler estimates energy growth and incremental costs for six low-carbon energy technologies (biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and nuclear) in 174 countries from 1990 to 2008. He finds that developing countries on average have paid a fair share of their national income—about two-thirds of the share paid by rich countries during the past decade—and in some cases they are already paying much more. [Working Paper No. 259]. URL:[http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425278].

Keywords: carbon mitigation; power sector; energy growth; carbon energy; energy tachnologies; rich countries; national income; biomass; solar; wind; poor countries; geothermal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-07
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