This year, for the first time ever, nearly all of the world’s countries are making pledges to help limit future climate change. As of 1 October, 147 countries (representing about 85% of global emissions) have submitted their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. These pledges, if carried out in full, are expected to lower emissions relative to the ‘business as usual’ forecast. However, they are not expected to prevent emissions from increasing above today’s level through 2030. To meet the global goal of limiting mean global temperature change to 2°C relative to the pre-industrial level, much more will need to be done after 2030. Eventually, emissions will have to fall to zero worldwide – either that, or countries will need to remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere. This new Vox eBook looks into what needs to be done to build a climate regime that is both workable and effective.
Author(s): Scott Barrett , Carlo Carraro, Jaime de Melo
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 548
Tags: Climate Regime
List of Abbreviations......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Foreword......Page 13
Scott Barrett, Carlo Carraro and Jaime de Melo......Page 15
The Challenge......Page 43
Thomas F. Stocker......Page 45
Ottmar Edenhofer, Susanne Kadner, Christoph von Stechow and Jan Minx......Page 63
Brian P. Flannery......Page 83
Views from Different Parts of the World......Page 97
Alemu Mekonnen......Page 99
Teng Fei......Page 113
E. Somanathan......Page 121
Mitsutsune Yamaguchi and Keigo Akimoto......Page 129
Roger Guesnerie......Page 145
Matthew J. Kotchen......Page 157
Architecture and Governance......Page 167
Daniel Bodansky......Page 169
Joseph E. Aldy and William A. Pizer......Page 181
Jonathan B. Wiener......Page 197
Robert O. Keohane and David G. Victor......Page 215
Richard B. Stewart, Michael Oppenheimer and Bryce Rudyk......Page 227
Petros C. Mavroidis and Jaime de Melo......Page 239
Policy Options......Page 251
Dallas Burtraw......Page 253
Thomas Sterner and Gunnar Köhlin......Page 265
Xueman Wang and Maja Murisic......Page 281
Robert N. Stavins......Page 297
Carolyn Fischer......Page 311
Technology Options......Page 327
Michael Toman......Page 329
Valentina Bosetti......Page 341
Massimo Tavoni......Page 357
Scott Barrett and Juan Moreno-Cruz......Page 367
Burden Sharing and Development......Page 381
Stephane Hallegatte, Mook Bangalore, Laura Bonzanigo, Marianne Fay, Tamaro Kane, Ulf Narloch, Julie Rozenberg, David Treguer and Adrien Vogt-Schilb......Page 383
Alice Akinyi Kaudia......Page 405
Arild Angelsen......Page 419
Paul Collier......Page 437
Anthony G. Bigio......Page 449
Heleen de Coninck and Shikha Bhasin......Page 465
Climate Finance......Page 479
Emanuele Massetti......Page 481
Barbara Buchner and Jane Wilkinson......Page 497
Jean-Charles Hourcade......Page 511
Patrick Guillaumont......Page 529
