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"Taking Note" of the Copenhagen Accord: What It Means

This article is a brief Q&A regarding some of the most important legal questions surrounding the Copenhagen Accord. The four questions dealt with here are: Is the Copenhagen Accord a binding document? Didn’t the COP “adopt” the Copenhagen Accord at COP-15? What does it mean for the UNFCCC to “take note” of the Copenhagen Accord ...
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Host: World Resources Institute
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

A Discordant Accord

This article is both a comprehensive overview of what took place at the Copenhagen climate talks and either a very pessimistic or a very realistic analysis of the result: The Accord. The authors raise some serious doubts "that any world forum, UN or otherwise, can produce a solid commitment to limit emissions, one of the most intractable prob ...
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Type: Industry or Business Association
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

A New International Climate Innovation Facility: Why, What, and How?

This one-page brief advocates a new international climate innovation facility, which would promote green technology R&D.
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor Nations

Andrew Light on The Interim Agreement in Copenhagen and the Close of the Climate Summit

This article summarizes the progress at Copenhagen and highlights the new worldview of ending carbon pollution, i.e., that, for climate change purposes, the world is divided into major polluters and everyone else. He commends President Obama for making the clear statement that science will guide the decisions. He also exhorts the U.S. Congress ...
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Host: Center for American Progress Type: NonProfit or Foundation
Site Offers: Research/Policy Analysis,Articles/News,Blog/Newsletters,Advocacy,Public Education,Meetings/Conventions
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

Assessing Dangerous Climate Change Through an Update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang...

From the Report: "Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [United Nations (1992)...accessed February 9, 2009] commits signatory nations to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that 'would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) with the climate system.' In an effort to ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

Buy Coal? Deposit Markets Prevent Carbon Leakage

This paper discusses the impact of international climate coalitions on fossil fuel and renewables use. Abstract: "If a coalition of countries implements climate policies, nonparticipants tend to consume more, pollute more, and invest too little in renewable energy sources. In response, the coalition's equilibrium policy dist ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries

Carbon 2010: Return of the Sovereign

This report summarizes Point Caron's fifth annual survey of individuals involved in national and international carbon markets. The survey assesses industry attitudes towards carbon markets in the EU, the US, and other countries, and towards international mechanisms such as the UNFCCC's Clean Development and Joint Implementation mechanisms ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania

Carbon Markets Are Not Enough

This paper, a section of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's 2009/2010 Trade and Environment Review, discusses the limitations of carbon markets in building effective climate policy.From the point-by-point summary: "Setting a price for carbon emissions is only the beginning of climate policy – not the end. While carbon prices w ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor Nations

China and Climate Change: Domestic Policies and International Negotiations

This two-page brief summarizes China's standings in international climate negotiations.From the point-by-point summary:"* China is the World’s largest GHG emitter and continues to have a low energy efficiency.* China has established ambitious targets for energy savings, increased energy efficiency and environmental protection, and has implemented p ...
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Geographic Focus: Asia and Oceania

Climate and Trade Policies in a Post 2012 World

This is a collection of articles by leading experts on the relationship between trade and climate change policies. It examines the future interplay between climate, trade policies, and institutions. The collection consists of articles that focus on "international, regional and national policies and institutions relevant to the implementation of ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

Climate Change and Game Theory

This paper uses game theory to analyze cooperation issues in global climate change agreements and the behavior of major climate policy actors such as the U.S. Abstract: "This survey paper examines the problem of achieving global cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Contributions to this problem are reviewed from n ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor Nations

Climate Change: A Regional Perspective

According to the authors, the purpose of this document is to contribute to the ongoing discussion on climate change vis-a-vis available evidence on the possible channels of transmission of the econnomic impact of climate change and the results of the latest session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Latin America

Climate Chaos: Is There a Silver Lining to the Copenhagen Fiasco?

Another article raising the question of whether the UN is an appropriate venue for climate talks, stating "The goal of giving every country, big and small, equal say in crucial issues and the need for unanimous consent led to countries such as Sudan and Tuvalu playing an outsize role in global negotiations." The one silver-lining referred ...
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Host: The Wall Street Journal Blogs Type: Private for Profit
Site Offers: Research/Policy Analysis,Articles/News,Blog/Newsletters,Public Education
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries

Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis" The Quest for Green Growth

This is the report from the Brookings Blum Roundtable held in August of 2009. The report was postponed to incorporate the outcomes of the UNFCCC in Copenhagen 2009. While in many respects the participants of the roundtable felt that climate talks in Copenhagen were a failure, there was some movement towards international cooperation and the pos ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

Climate Finance Additionality: Emerging Definitions and Their Implications

This paper discusses funding sources under the Copenhagen accordFrom the Introduction:"The Copenhagen Accord calls for a collective commitment by developed countries to provide ‘new and additional resources...approaching USD 30 billion for the period 2010- 2012 with balanced allocation between adaptation and mitigation... [and] in the context of me ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor Nations

Climate Finance and Europe: lost momentum and challenges ahead

This policy brief from the European Development Co-operation to 2020 project discusses the challenges facing European climate financing given Europe's recent financial issues.
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Geographic Focus: EU and Member States

Climate Treaties and Backstop Technologies

This paper examines how air capture technology effects the design and efficiency of international climate treaties. Abstract: "In this paper I examine the design of climate treaties when there exist two kinds of technology, a conventional abatement technology with (linearly) increasing marginal costs and a backstop technolog ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor Nations

Comparability of Annex I Emission Reduction Pledges

From the Conclusion: "This analysis has been performed to (1) enable comparability of and (2) facilitate the aggregation of the emission reduction pledges that have been proposed by Annex I Parties." "Regarding comparability, the data demonstrate that the metric chosen to compare emission reduction pledges can lead to very different outcome ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

Comparing Climate Commitments: A Model-Based Analysis of the Copenhagen Accord

This paper models different policy mechanisms for reaching the climate goals of the 2009 Copenhagen Accord.From the Executive Summary:"The political accord struck by world leaders at the United Nations negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009 allows participating countries to express their greenhouse gas commitments in a variety of ways. For exa ...
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Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor Nations

Competitive Cities and Climate Change

From the Abstract: "Cities are part of the climate change problem, but they are also a key part of the solution. This report offers a comprehensive analysis of how cities and metropolitan regions can change the way we think about responding to climate change. Cities consume the vast majority of global energy and are therefore major contributors of ...
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Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin America

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