The pragmatic approach of the Paris Agreement: The role of INDCs and deep decarbonization pathways

Patrick Criqui () and Sandrine Mathy
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Patrick Criqui: GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée de Grenoble - Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]

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Abstract: This paper analyzes the renewal of the intellectual constructs that have contributed to the Paris Agreement. In this paradigm shift, the concept of Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) has created the space in which Nation-states have been free to engage in the process while setting their own goals for the medium term. A second key concept, the Deep Decarbonization Pathways (DDP), although less institutionalized, has been an effective tool to describe how these medium-term national targets were likely to fit into a longer-term perspective of global mitigation scenarios as studied in particular by the IPCC. The dialectical interaction between these two concepts should result in a more ambitious definition of national climate objectives and consequently in the design and implementation of stronger national climate policies.

Keywords: international climate negotiations; Paris Agreement; intended nationally determined contribution; deep decarbonization pathways; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-07
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Published in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, 2017, LVIII (3/2016), pp.79 - 87. ⟨10.3280/EFE2016-003007⟩

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DOI: 10.3280/EFE2016-003007

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