Equity and the Convergence of Nationally Determined Climate Policies

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By adopting the Paris Agreement on climate change the world community has agreed on global goals for climate policy. However, by relying on voluntary contributions and respecting "national circumstances" it does not ensure efficient and equitable country policies. To derive guidelines for a fair burden sharing between countries the paper applies welfare theory and combines it with general equity principles. The procedure selects those "national circum- stances" which are suitable for internationally acceptable policies. The concept is then compared to policies formulated by purely selfish countries. A convergence process closing the gap between country contributions and the optimum international climate policy is developed. It is argued that equity-based signals can be a forceful means supporting this process.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 16/246

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Publicly Provided Goods: General
• Thema: Climate policy ; equity ; climate agreements ; social welfare ; Internationale Klimapolitik ; Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion ; Klimapolitik

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bretschger, Lucas
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research
• (wo): Zurich
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.3929/ethz-a-010639975
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/171689
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ