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Mitigation versus adaptation: The political economy of competition between climate policy strategies and the consequences for developing countries
So far, the dominant paradigm in international climate policy has been mitigation while adaptation has been a low-key issue. However, with LDCs starting to push for adaptation side payments it has recently gained importance. The allocation of funds and the definition of adaptation activities are currently being discussed. The most outstanding difference between mitigation and adaptation is that mitigation activities contribute to a global public good whereas most forms of adaptation are club goods. Technical adapation such as building sea-walls can be distinguished from societal adaptation, e.g. different land-use patterns. Generally, there is a trade-off between mitigation and adaptation strategies as resources for climate policy are limited. The choice between mitigation and adaptation strategies depends on the decision-making context. While mitigation will be preferred by societies with a strong climate protection industry and low mitigation costs the voters' quest for adaptation is linked to the occurence of extreme whether events. The policy choice in industrialised countries feeds back on the situation in developing countries. Adaptation in industrialised countries enhances the adaptation need in developing countries through declining mitigation activities. Unless this adaptation is financed by industrialised countries, developing countries will be worse off than in a mitigation – only strategy.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: HWWA Discussion Paper ; No. 153
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
- Subject
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Klimaschutz
Internationale Umweltpolitik
Immissionsschutz
Klimaveränderung
Wirtschaftliche Anpassung
Public Choice
Nord-Süd-Beziehungen
Welt
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Michaelowa, Axel
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
- (where)
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Hamburg
- (when)
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2001
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Michaelowa, Axel
- Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
Time of origin
- 2001
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