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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
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The ozone layer problem: Recent findings
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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 ... -
The regional temperature implications of strong air quality measures
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The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage in the Mitigation of Climate Change
(2019:21, Research report, 2019-12)Scenario analysis clearly indicates that CCS is a critical technology in Paris consistent ‘well below 2°C’ scenarios. While the optimal deployment of CCS will be debated, the literature is clear that CCS is needed at a ... -
The role of the Commission in the European Union
(1994:03, Working paper, 1994)In this paper the role of the European Commission is analyzed. The focus is on the role that it plays in policy areas where it has an uncertain formal competence or no formal competence, i.e. where the relevant formal ... -
The socioeconomic drivers of China's primary PM_2.5 emissions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Primary PM2.5 emissions contributed significantly to poor air quality in China. We present an interdisciplinary study to measure the magnitudes of socioeconomic factors in driving primary PM2.5 emission changes in China ... -
The state of climate research and climate policy
(2001:02, Research report, 2001)The aim of the report is to give an overview of the state of climate research and international climate policy negotiations until May 2001. The report presents a collection of factual information based on reports from the ... -
The state of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations: After the fourth UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP4) in Buenos Aires 2-13 November 1998
(1998:05, Working paper, 1998)The fourth Conference of the Parties (COP4) under the Climate Convention (UNFCCC) took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 2–13 November 1998. Summing up the conference, the main impression is that the climate process ... -
The state of the ozone layer: A 1994 science update
(1994:03, Research report, 1994)Both the ground based and satellite observation data bases have been extended since the previous international ozone assessment. There are several satellite systems in operation that provide total ozone data, which have ... -
The state of tracking financial flows under the Paris Agreement - A primer for policy makers in India
(2019:12, Research report, 2019-09)The 21st Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC in 2015 saw international consensus on climate action through the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Article 9 focuses on mobilization and disclosure of climate finance. Drafting ... -
The Theory of Full International Cooperation: An Experimental Evaluation
(2004:06, Working paper, 2004)The concept of renegotiation-proof equilibrium has become a cornerstone in recent game theoretic reasoning about the stability of international environmental agreements. Applying this solution concept to a linear version ... -
The trade-off between short- and long-lived greenhouse gases under uncertainty and learning
(2001:10, Working paper, 2001)To find an optimal climate policy we must balance abatement of different greenhouse gases. There is substantial uncertainty about future damages from climate change, but we will learn more over the next few decades. Gases ... -
The trouble with negative emissions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)n December 2015, member states of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, which aims to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2°C and to pursue ...