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Breaking the Climate Stalemate?

Geoffrey Blanford, Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Richard Richels, Thomas Rutherford and Massimo Tavoni

On the eve of the UN’s highly-anticipated Copenhagen meeting the political debate is facing an impasse and the physical reality is sending a clear message: time is running out. Reductions in developing countries must begin very soon to keep acceptable climate targets on the table, but who will pay for the climate protection bill?
A team of economists propose one way forward: a commitment now on behalf of China and other key developing countries to accept pre-specified future emission reduction targets could effectively address concerns

published December 6th, 2009
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The Road from Bali to Copenhagen. It’s Not Over Until It’s Over

Sara Venturini

It seems to be the most-anticipated international conference on climate change of the last decades and it is finally taking place after a long countdown.
The fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is bringing together officials and ministers from 192 countries who, under the eyes of some 5.000 representatives of the world media, are asked to achieve what Kyoto failed to and design an ambitious and effective international climate change deal to follow on 2012

published December 6th, 2009
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If No Treaty in Copenhagen, How About a Climate Bail Out by the US?

Henry Tulkens

A potential global agreement on climate change will be limited to a political agreement, instead of being the long expected treaty that would extend the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012 and further enhance the Climate convention. Couldn’t President Obama offer a tangible political gesture to the world community and thereby restore leadership and credibility for the US in the climate negotiations?
In this article, economist Henry Tulkens suggest that the Obama administration negotiates a deal in Copenhagen by which the US would buy a quantity of emission units corresponding to all emissions exceeding its Kyoto target over the commitment period 2008-2012, some of the money being allocated to adaptation funding in developing countries.

published December 5th, 2009
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Copenhagen: What Does It Mean to You?

Climate Science and Policy Editorial Staff

Minds, eyes and attention of experts, researchers, politicians and public opinion are focused on the Cop15. For months the world has been looking at Copenhagen as a new Kyoto where a new and improved protocol would have been signed. Today, it seems that no new effective agreement will be signed in the Danish capital, but the conference is still considered as a crucial step on the way toward a new global climate agreement.
One simple question and answers by experts in differnt disciplines. Which is your answer?

published December 2nd, 2009
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A Focus on Individuals Can Guide Nations Towards a Low Carbon World

Shoibal Chakravarty, Robert Socolow and Massimo Tavoni

A major factor in the reluctance of countries to make commitments to a low-carbon economy is fear that change will be costly and that others will hold back. Moving attention from national per capita values of CO2 emissions to the emissions of individuals provides an important tool for dealing with the decarbonization transition. Individual CO2 emissions are very unequally distributed not only across countries but also within countries, researchers at the Princeton Environmental Institute say. The allocation problem takes on important new dimensions when the focus shifts in this way from “high emitting” nations to “high emitting” individuals

published November 13th, 2009
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Adaptation Strategies for The Mediterranean Basin

Stephane Hallegatte

An ecologically fragile region, where the degradation of the environement is already penalising the population and the economic development.
Tourism, electricity generation, urbanisation, the future of agricolture and water availability, transportation: the consequences of climate changes will affect all sectors, and are primarily worsening within all existing problems.
That’s why, according to a paper drafted by Iddri in collaboration with Cired, adaptation issues, long-term investment decisions and long-term development plan, are a priority in the Mediterranean area

published November 13th, 2009
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India’s Evolving Climate Change Strategy

Shoibal Chakravarty and M V Ramana

The Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh claims: “India wants to be a deal-maker, not a deal-breaker”. What does it means?
Authors give us the answer reviewing the history of India’s position on climate change and elaborating on the actual content of the Minister’s words and their implications in domestic measures and international negotiations: India is demonstrating a willingness to undertake mitigation actions and has now thrown the ball back at the developed world

published November 13th, 2009
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