Sequencing to ratchet up climate policy stringency

Michael Pahle (), Dallas Burtraw, Christian Flachsland, Nina Kelsey, Eric Biber, Jonas Meckling, Ottmar Edenhofer and John Zysman
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Michael Pahle: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Christian Flachsland: Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
Nina Kelsey: George Washington University
Eric Biber: University of California–Berkeley
Jonas Meckling: University of California–Berkeley
John Zysman: University of California–Berkeley

Nature Climate Change, 2018, vol. 8, issue 10, 861-867

Abstract: Abstract The Paris Agreement formulates the goal of GHG neutrality in the second half of this century. Given that Nationally Determined Contributions are as yet insufficient, the question is through which policies can this goal be realized? Identifying policy pathways to ratchet up stringency is instrumental, but little guidance is available. We propose a policy sequencing framework and substantiate it using the cases of Germany and California. Its core elements are policy options to overcome barriers to stringency over time. Such sequencing can advance policy design and hopefully reconcile the controversy between first-best and second-best approaches.

Date: 2018
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