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Benefits & costs of Kyoto

The 1998 Kyoto protocol signalled a new earnestness of international intent toward addressing the perceived risk of climate change. Kyoto demands that developed nations turn their economies so as to hit differentiated, sub-1990 level carbon emission targets within the next decade or so. But when thinking of the Kyoto protocol imagine trying to turn a battleship on a dime with a third of the crew on-board. Improbable, but doable...but for what benefit...and at what cost? The magnitude depends on what you choose to believe about the answer to these questions: Are we on the cusp of a catastrophe? Will developing countries ever participate? What will we do with any revenues that are raised in a trading system? Should nations be forced to reduce some fixed percentage of emissions at home? Can carbon sinks reduce costs? Will people adopt new energy-efficient technologies without a price hike in energy? The answers to these questions from economic analysis say that the catastrophes have to be exceedingly likely for Kyoto to make sense.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 44.1999

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
Climate change
Benefits
Costs
Technology
Flexibility
Umweltabkommen
Treibhausgas-Emissionen
Klimawandel
Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse
Welt

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Shogren, Jason
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
(wo)
Milano
(wann)
1999

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Shogren, Jason
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Entstanden

  • 1999

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