Suchergebnisse

Bottom-up approaches towards a global climate agreement : an overview -- Carlo Carraro, Christian Egenhofer and Noriko Fujiwara -- Regional and subglobal climate blocs : a cost-benefit analysis of bottom-up climate regimes / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Do regional integration approaches hold lessons for climate change regime formation? : the case of differentiated integration in Europe / Noriko Fujiwara and Christian Egenhofer -- Trade, the environment and climate change : multilateral versus regional agreements / David Kernohan and Enrica De Cian -- Participation incentives and technical change : from top-down to bottom-up climate agreements / Barbara Buchner and Carlo Carraro -- Bottom-up approaches to climate change control : some policy conclusions / Carlo Carraro and Christian Egenhofer.

This book analyses the policy mixes that provide the best possible incentives for firms and governments to act on climate change and sign up to international climate agreements. In doing so, the authors address a multitude of related issues including the linkages between flexible mechanisms and voluntary agreements; regulation and taxation; the opportunities and barriers of the Kyoto Protocol for industry; and the incentives for firms to undertake climate-related R&D and investments. As well as illustrating the environmental benefits and cost-effectiveness of alternative policy mixes in reducing GHG emissions, the authors also offer sensible policy prescriptions for increasing the numbers of countries that ratify and implement climate agreements