OECD / by Christa Clapp and Andrew Prag http://www.oecd.org/env/climatechange/CCXG%20%282012%293%20National%20Baselines.pdf [From Summary] Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baselines are reference emissions levels. They can have different uses at the national level, including to inform domestic climate change policy and strategic planning as well as to provide emissions information internationally. Whilst different types of baseline are possible, this … Continue reading »
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Can New Market Mechanisms Mobilize Emissions Reductions from the Private Sector?
Harvard Univ., Kennedy School, Belfer Center / by Axel Michaelowa http://bit.ly/UF1Xw2 [Executive Summary] In the international climate negotiations, new market mechanisms (NMM) have been proposed that would generate greenhouse-gas credits for entire sectors or for specific mitigation policies. The proponents of NMM have widely differing aims. Some want to upscale market mechanisms beyond distinct projects, … Continue reading »
Evaluation of Progress Under the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive: Progress Towards EU Air Quality Objectives
European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/evaluation-progress-nec-2012 [From Summary] …The interim environmental objectives set in the NEC Directive for 2010 are broadly met — based upon an assessment performed using the original 2001 scientific knowledge. However, over the last two decades the understanding of air pollution processes and impacts has evolved. The modelling techniques used to calculate the … Continue reading »
Follow the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting from 8 to 19 October 2012 in Hyderabad
Rio Convention Pavilion at CBD COP 11 http://www.riopavilion.org/india/ To follow via IISD: http://www.iisd.ca/biodiv/cop11/pavilion/ [From Press Release] At the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Hyderabad, India, scientists present key findings on the relationship between biodiversity, forest management and potential REDD+ activities. …a full daily programme of events will be hosted in the Rio … Continue reading »
Climate Negotiations Open a Window: Key Implications of the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action
Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, Belfer Centers, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / This policy brief expands upon the Science article, “Climate Negotiators Create an Opportunity for Scholars” by Joseph E. Aldy and Robert N. Stavins. http://bit.ly/R85dld [Abstract] A key outcome of the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP-17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate … Continue reading »
Climate Change, Carbon Markets and the CDM: a Call to Action — Report of the High-Level Panel on the CDM Policy Dialogue
U.N. High-Level Panel on the Clean Development Mechanism http://www.cdmpolicydialogue.org/ [From a Climate Wire story by Colin Sullivan, sub. req'd] The U.N. body in charge of the world’s largest carbon offset market has acknowledged widespread problems with its system in a report…To save the flagging system, the agency called on countries to adopt more aggressive emissions … Continue reading »
Economic Implications of Reducing Carbon Emissions from Energy Use and Industrial Processes in Brazil
World Bank / by Y.-H. Henry Chen, and Govinda R. Timilsina http://bit.ly/NtjclP [Abstract] The overall impacts on the Brazilian economy of reducing CO2 emissions from energy use and industrial processes can be assessed using a recursive dynamic general equilibrium model and a hypothetical carbon tax. The study projects that in 2040 under a business-as-usual scenario, … Continue reading »
Post-Durban Climate Policy Architecture Based on Linkage of Cap-and-Trade Systems
Harvard Univ., Kennedy School, Belfer Center / by Joseph Aldy and Matthew Ransom http://bit.ly/Moxxcu [Abstract] The outcome of the December 2011 United Nations climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, provides an important new opportunity to move toward an international climate policy architecture that is capable of delivering broad international participation and significant global CO2 emissions reductions … Continue reading »
Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific: Turning Resource Constraints and the Climate Crisis into Economic Growth Opportunities
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) http://www.unescap.org/esd/environment/lcgg/index.asp (only use this page to access paper) [From China Daily] …A new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission (ESCAP) for Asia and the Pacific is recommending that developing Asia-Pacific countries introduce a $10 a ton carbon dioxide tax on … Continue reading »
Building International Climate Cooperation: Lessons from the Weapons and Trade Regimes for Achieving International Climate Goals
World Resources Institute / edited by Ruth Greenspan Bell, Micah Ziegler, Barry Blechman, Brian Finlay and Thomas Cottier http://www.wri.org/publication/building-international-climate-cooperation [From WRI Insights] …Beyond verification, other important lessons include: Progress can be made even when major players stall or sit on the sidelines; Progress is not solely conditioned by legal form. The study of the weapons … Continue reading »
