Evaluating the Bonn-Marrakesh agreement

Michel G.J. den Elzen and Andr� P.G. de Moor

Climate Policy, 2002, vol. 2, issue 1, 111-117

Abstract: This article evaluates the environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency of the Kyoto Protocol after the Bonn Agreement and the Marrakesh Accords. The US withdrawal has by far the greatest impact in reducing the environmental effectiveness, lowering the price of traded emission permits and reducing Annex I abatement costs. The decisions on sinks imply that the Annex I CO 2 -equivalent emissions without the US will come out at about 1/2% below base-year level, instead of over 4% below base-year level. Without US participation, the emission permit price is estimated to be low. Therefore, banking hot air by Russia and the Ukraine is of absolute importance for the development of a viable emissions trading market, and would also enhance the environmental effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.3763/cpol.2002.0210

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