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dc.contributor.authorAlfsen, Knut H.nb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-17T14:31:03Z
dc.date.available2014-03-17T14:31:03Z
dc.date.issued1997nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn0504-452Xnb_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/192160
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the notion of differentiated commitments or burden sharing in the ongoing negotiations on emissions reductions of greenhouse gases. The negotiations, which takes place in the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate (AGBM) under the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC), is leading up to the third Conference of the Parties (COP-3), which is scheduled to take place in Kyoto in December later this year. The paper briefly surveys some of the main issues in the negotiations and argues that the question of differentiated commitments or burden sharing is only one among many difficult topics on the negotiating table. Based on some proposed principles of ‘fairness’, a few central indicators are identified and we provide data on these for a group of OECD countries. We outline some of the propositions for differentiated commitments in the current negotiations, and concludes that within the framework of the OECD countries, burden sharing is only possible if countries outside of the European Union (EU) can compensate USA for the additional greenhouse gas reductions needed to allow high cost countries to commit to lower abatement than the average reduction level. However, an attractive option, not explored in this paper, is for the group of countries outside EU and USA to make a deal with countries with economies in transition, as these countries generally are expected to have relatively low marginal reduction costs. Further studies of such ‘east-west’ deals are clearly warranted.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherCICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslonb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofCICERO Working Papernb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCICERO Working Paper;1997:07nb_NO
dc.titlePossible criteria for differentiated commitments: Fair or feasible?nb_NO
dc.typeWorking papernb_NO
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