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The Imperatives of Sustainable Development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The United Nations sustainable development goals are under fire. By attempting to cover all that is good and desirable in society, these targets have ended up as vague and meaningless. We suggest a model for sustainable ... -
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The United Nations sustainable development goals are under fire. By attempting to cover all that is good and desirable in society, these targets have ended up as vague and meaningless. We suggest a model for sustainable ... -
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits
(Book, 2017)For more information on the book, its content and the authors, see https://www.routledge.com/guilfordpressbooks/details/9781138714267?books/details/9781138714267/ -
The influence of atmospheric blocking on extreme winter minimum temperatures in North America
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Regional climate models (RCMs) are the primary source of high-resolution climate projections, and it is of crucial importance to evaluate their ability to simulate extreme events under current climate conditions. Many ... -
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Outline of an assessment
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and scientific consensus: How scientists come to say what they say about climate change
(1998:03, Working paper, 1998)In its Second Assessment Report (SAR) from 1995 the IPCC concluded that «The balance of evidence, from changes in global mean surface air temperature and from changes in geographical, seasonal and vertical patterns of ... -
The Kyoto mechanisms and the quest for compliance: Unresolved issues and potential pitfalls
(2001:03, Working paper, 2001)The purpose of this paper is to illuminate potential problems with the flexibility mechanism in the Kyoto Protocol connected to the establishment of an enforcement system. The Kyoto mechanisms are emission trading, Joint ... -
The Kyoto Protocol and the fossil fuel markets under different emission trading regimes
(2000:10, Working paper, 2000)The consequences of the Kyoto Protocol for the fossil fuel markets depend on which policy instruments that are used in order to reach the emission targets. This paper uses a numerical model to assess the significance of ... -
The merits of non-tradable quotas as a domestic policy instrument to prevent firm closure
(2001:06, Working paper, 2001)There is a concern in many countries that a domestic tradable quota system for greenhouse gases, where all emitters must pay for their quotas, may lead to closures of emissions-intensive industrial companies. Allocating ... -
The multi-sector convergence approach of burden sharing
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The Norwegian fast start climate finance contribution
(2013:02, Working paper, 2013)This Working Paper is part of a series of studies initiated by The Overseas Development Institute, ODI, scrutinizing how developing countries are defining, delivering and reporting on fast start finance - FSF. Norwegian ... -
The ozone depletion problem
(1996:03, Working paper, 1996) -
The ozone layer problem: Recent findings
(1992:07, Working paper, 1992) -
The Paris Agreement: Short-term and Long-term Effectiveness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)The 2015 Paris Agreement was widely greeted with enthusiasm. We assess the short-term and long-term potential effectiveness of Paris. Concerning short-term effectiveness, we contend that while Paris scores high on ... -
The Paris Agreement: Short-term and Long-term Effectiveness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)The 2015 Paris Agreement was widely greeted with enthusiasm. We assess the short-term and long-term potential effectiveness of Paris. Concerning short-term effectiveness, we contend that while Paris scores high on ... -
The political economy of technology support: Making decisions about carbon capture and storage and low carbon energy technologies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011)This article reviews the political economy of government choice around technology support for the development and deployment of low carbon emission energy technologies, such as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). It is ... -
The political feasibility of potent enforcement in a post-Kyoto climate agreement
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)To be effective, a post-Kyoto climate agreement must secure significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions by all (key) emitters. Potent participation and compliance enforcement will be required to make it in every key ... -
The population externality
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The Price of Non-compliance with the Kyoto Protocol: The Remarkable Case of Norway
(2004:07, Working paper, 2004)To induce compliance, an international enforcement mechanism needs to authorize the use of punitive consequences against a non-compliant country. However, it is reasonable to require that such consequences do not cause ...