Three Key Elements of Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture

Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert Stavins
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Sheila M. Olmstead: Yale University and Resources for the Future

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Abstract: We describe three essential elements of an effective post-2012 international global climate policy architecture: a means to ensure that key industrialized and developing nations are involved in differentiated but meaningful ways; an emphasis on an extended time path of targets; and inclusion of flexible market-based policy instruments to keep costs down and facilitate international equity. This architecture is consistent with fundamental aspects of the science, economics, and politics of global climate change; addresses specific shortcomings of the Kyoto Protocol; and builds upon the foundation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

JEL-codes: Q39 Q48 Q54 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-06
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Working Paper: Three Key Elements of Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture (2010)
Working Paper: Three Key Elements of Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture (2010)
Working Paper: Three Key Elements of Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture (2010)
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