December 2008
"Modeling Economic Impacts of Alternative International Climate Policy Architectures: A Quantitative and Comparative Assessment of Architectures for Agreement"
Discussion Paper
By Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Alessandra Sgobbi and Massimo Tavoni
This paper provides a quantitative comparison of the main architectures for an agreement on climate policy. Possible successors to the Kyoto protocol are assessed according to four criteria: economic efficiency; environmental effectiveness; distributional implications; and their political acceptability which is measured in terms of feasibility and enforceability. The ultimate aim is to derive useful information for designing a future agreement on climate change control.
October 7, 2008
"Equity and Climate Policy: An Allocation Method Based on Individual Emissions"
Presentation
By Shoibal Chakravarty, Ananth Chikkatur, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Massimo Tavoni
The speakers presented a new framework for allocation of a global carbon reduction target among nations, in which "common but differentiated responsibilities" refers to the emissions of individuals, rather than of nations.
