Negotiating weights for burden sharing rules in international climate negotiations: an empirical analysis

Artikel

We have collected data from a world-wide survey among COP delegates to empirically investigate preferences for certain burden sharing rules among key groups in a setting that reflects the possibility of observing concessions from negotiating partners. In our survey, the participants had the opportunity to select and combine up to eight (pre-defined) burden sharing rules and to assign relative weights to the selected rules in their preferred bundle. We examine whether such a mechanism helps to overcome the currently strictly (self-interested) strategic claims on equity in the negotiation process. We observe that delegates from different groups of countries show a general willingness for concessions. However, the degree to which different burden sharing rules are taken into consideration partly differs between countries. As a key insight we report that the individual assessment of the polluter-pays rule based on current emissions does not only stress the persistence of the traditional Annex-B/Non-Annex-B division but also suggests tendencies for a more fragmented grouping with different positions between, for example, delegates from developing countries (i.e. G77 members) and emerging countries (i.e. BASIC). At the same time, we observe tendencies for a more harmonized view among key groups towards the ability-to-pay rule in a setting of weighted burden sharing rules.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Environmental Economics and Policy Studies ; ISSN: 1867-383X ; Volume: 23 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 309-331 ; Tokyo: Springer Japan

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Public Goods ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Subject: International climate negotiations ; Distributive justice ; Equity preferences ; Burden sharing rules

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kesternich, Martin ; Löschel, Andreas ; Ziegler, Andreas
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer Japan
• (where): Tokyo
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1007/s10018-020-00289-0
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET