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Global warming gridlock : creating more effective strategies for protecting the planet
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ISBN: 9780521865012 0521865018 9780511975714 1139036173 1107218624 9786613053978 1139041630 1139042408 1139040863 1139038494 0511975716 1283053977 1139045032 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Global warming is one of today's greatest challenges. The science of climate change leaves no doubt that policies to cut emissions are overdue. Yet, after twenty years of international talks and treaties, the world is now in gridlock about how best to do this. David Victor argues that such gridlock has arisen because international talks have drifted away from the reality of what countries are willing and able to implement at home. Most of the lessons that policy makers have drawn from the history of other international environmental problems won't actually work on the problem of global warming. Victor argues that a radical rethinking of global warming policy is required and shows how to make international law on global warming more effective. This book provides a roadmap to a lower carbon future based on encouraging bottom-up initiatives at national, regional and global levels, leveraging national self-interest rather than wishful thinking.

The collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the struggle to slow global warming
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ISBN: 0691120269 0691088705 9786613379832 1400824060 128337983X 1400814774 9780691120263 9781400814770 9781400824069 9780691088709 1400818508 Year: 2001 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

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Even as the evidence of global warming mounts, the international response to this serious threat is coming unraveled. The United States has formally withdrawn from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol; other key nations are facing difficulty in meeting their Kyoto commitments; and developing countries face no limit on their emissions of the gases that cause global warming. In this clear and cogent book-reissued in paperback with an afterword that comments on recent events--David Victor explains why the Kyoto Protocol was never likely to become an effective legal instrument. He explores how its collapse offers opportunities to establish a more realistic alternative. Global warming continues to dominate environmental news as legislatures worldwide grapple with the process of ratification of the December 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The collapse of the November 2000 conference at the Hague showed clearly how difficult it will be to bring the Kyoto treaty into force. Yet most politicians, policymakers, and analysts hailed it as a vital first step in slowing greenhouse warming. David Victor was not among them. Kyoto's fatal flaw, Victor argues, is that it can work only if emissions trading works. The Protocol requires industrialized nations to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases to specific targets. Crucially, the Protocol also provides for so-called "emissions trading," whereby nations could offset the need for rapid cuts in their own emissions by buying emissions credits from other countries. But starting this trading system would require creating emission permits worth two trillion dollars--the largest single invention of assets by voluntary international treaty in world history. Even if it were politically possible to distribute such astronomical sums, the Protocol does not provide for adequate monitoring and enforcement of these new property rights. Nor does it offer an achievable plan for allocating new permits, which would be essential if the system were expanded to include developing countries. The collapse of the Kyoto Protocol--which Victor views as inevitable--will provide the political space to rethink strategy. Better alternatives would focus on policies that control emissions, such as emission taxes. Though economically sensible, however, a pure tax approach is impossible to monitor in practice. Thus, the author proposes a hybrid in which governments set targets for both emission quantities and tax levels. This offers the important advantages of both emission trading and taxes without the debilitating drawbacks of each. Individuals at all levels of environmental science, economics, public policy, and politics-from students to professionals--and anyone else hoping to participate in the debate over how to slow global warming will want to read this book.


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Making climate policy work
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ISBN: 9781509541805 1509541802 1509541799 9781509541799 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Polity press,

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Technological innovation and economic performance
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ISBN: 0691088748 Year: 2002 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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Information technology accounts for over one-third of recent U.S. GDP growth and nearly two-thirds of corporate capital investment. ''The New Economy'' appears omnipresent, but little is actually known about its workings.This seminal volume brings together the research and critical thinking of many of the world's top macro and micro economists to provide a unique, multifaceted perspective. Through the use of detailed, up-to-date country and industry studies, this book provides the most authoritative and detailed analysis ever assembled into the causes of technological innovation and its relationship to economic performance. The country studies cover the United States, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the Nordic states. Nine industry studies examine the Internet, computers and semiconductors, banking, securities trading, venture capital, energy, agricultural biotechnology, pharmaceutical biotechnology, and automobiles.Commissioned and brought together for the research project by the world-renowned Council on Foreign Relations, the authors have produced one of the most important compendia in applied economics to be published in recent times.The contributors are Charles Calomiris, Ian Domowitz, Robert Evenson, Charles Fine, Robert Gordon, Richard Langlois, Josh Lerner, Markku Malkamäki, Patrick Messerlin, Joel Mokyr, David Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Stephen Nickell, Gary Pisano, Adam Posen, Daniel Raff, Horst Siebert, Timothy Simcoe, Benn Steil, Michael Stolpe, John Van Reenen, David Victor, and Matti Virén.

The political economy of power sector reform
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ISBN: 9780511493287 9780521865029 9780521100700 9780511349805 0511349807 0511348908 9780511348907 0511493282 0521865026 0521100704 1107169747 1281085871 9786611085872 1139132091 0511350708 0511347952 Year: 2007 Publisher: Cambridge New York Cambridge University Press

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Over the last fifteen years the world's largest developing countries have initiated market reform in their electric power sectors from generation to distribution. This book evaluates the experiences of five of those countries - Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa - as they have shifted from state-dominated systems to schemes allowing for a larger private sector role. As well as having the largest power systems in their regions and among the most rapidly rising consumption of electricity in the world, these countries are the locus of massive financial investment and the effects of their power systems are increasingly felt in world fuel markets. This accessible volume explains the origins of these reform efforts and offers a theory as to why - despite diverse backgrounds - reform efforts in all five countries have stalled in similar ways. The authors also offer practical advice to improve reform policies.

Climate change : debating America's policy options
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ISBN: 9780876093436 0876093438 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York Council on Foreign Relations

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Fixing the climate : strategies for an uncertain world
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ISBN: 9780691224558 0691224544 9780691224541 Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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A compelling argument for solving the global climate crisis through local partnerships and experimentationGlobal climate diplomacy—from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement—is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp—but we will not achieve it through top-down global treaties or grand bargains among nations.Charles Sabel and David Victor explain why the profound transformations needed for deep cuts in emissions must arise locally, with government and business working together to experiment with new technologies, quickly learn the best solutions, and spread that information globally. Sabel and Victor show how some of the most iconic successes in environmental policy were products of this experimentalist approach to problem solving, such as the Montreal Protocol on the ozone layer, the rise of electric vehicles, and Europe’s success in controlling water pollution. They argue that the Paris Agreement is at best an umbrella under which local experimentation can push the technological frontier and help societies around the world learn how to deploy the technologies and policies needed to tackle this daunting global problem.A visionary book that fundamentally reorients our thinking about the climate crisis, Fixing the Climate is a road map to institutional design that can finally lead to self-sustaining reductions in emissions that years of global diplomacy have failed to deliver. "Solving the global climate crisis through local partnerships and experimentation Global climate diplomacy--from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement--is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp--but we will not achieve it through top-down global treaties or grand bargains among nations. Charles Sabel and David Victor explain why the profound transformations needed for deep cuts in emissions must arise locally, with government and business working together to experiment with new technologies, quickly learn the best solutions, and spread that information globally. Sabel and Victor show how some of the most iconic successes in environmental policy were products of this experimentalist approach to problem solving, such as the Montreal Protocol on the ozone layer, the rise of electric vehicles, and Europe's success in controlling water pollution. They argue that the Paris Agreement is at best an umbrella under which local experimentation can push the technological frontier and help societies around the world learn how to deploy the technologies and policies needed to tackle this daunting global problem. A visionary book that fundamentally reorients our thinking about the climate crisis, Fixing the Climate is a road map to institutional design that can finally lead to self-sustaining reductions in emissions that years of global diplomacy have failed to deliver." -- Publisher

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Environmental policy --- Climatic changes --- environmental policy. --- climate change. --- international cooperation. --- pollution control measures. --- environmental impact. --- environmental protection. --- Kyoto Protocol. --- Il-Protokoll ta' Kyoto --- Protocole de Kyoto --- Kjótsky protokol --- Kyotski protokol --- Kioton pöytäkirja --- Protocolo de Quioto --- Protokolli i Kiotos --- Протокол од Кјото --- Kjótský protokol --- Prótacal Kyoto --- Kioto protokols --- Protocol van Kyoto --- Kyoto Protocol --- Kyoto protokoll --- Kyotoprotokollen --- πρωτόκολλο του Κυότο --- Protocolul de la Kyoto --- Kiotói Jegyzőkönyv --- Protocolo de Kyoto --- Kioto protokolas --- Протокол от Киото --- Kyotoprotokollet --- Protocollo di Kyoto --- Kjotski protokol --- protokół z Kioto --- Protocol van Kyoto bij het Raamverdrag van de Verenigde Naties inzake klimaatverandering --- Kjotski protokol k Okvirni konvenciji Združenih narodov o spremembi podnebja --- Kyotoprotokollet till Förenta nationernas ramkonvention om klimatförändringar --- Protocolo de Quioto à Convenção-Quadro das Nações Unidas sobre as Alterações Climáticas --- Kyotoprotokollet till FN:s klimatkonvention --- Kjótský protokol k Rámcové úmluvě Organizace spojených národů o změně klimatu --- Kiotói Jegyzőkönyv az Egyesült Nemzetek Éghajlat-változási Keretegyezményéhez --- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change --- Protocolul de la Kyoto la Convenţia-cadru a Organizaţiei Naţiunilor Unite asupra schimbărilor climatice --- Protokol iz Kyota --- Kyotoprotokollen til De Forenede Nationers rammekonvention om klimaændringer --- Kjótsky protokol k Rámcovému dohovoru Organizácie Spojených národov o zmene klímy --- Protocollo di Kyoto alla convenzione quadro delle Nazioni Unite sui cambiamenti climatici --- πρωτόκολλο του Κιότο στη Σύμβαση-πλαίσιο των Ηνωμένων Εθνών για την αλλαγή του κλίματος --- Protokolli i Kiotos i Konventës Kuadër të Kombeve të Bashkuara për Ndryshimin e Klimës --- ilmastonmuutosta koskevan Yhdistyneiden Kansakuntien puitesopimuksen Kioton pöytäkirja --- Protokoll ta' Kjoto għall-Konvenzjoni Qafas tan-Nazzjonijiet Uniti dwar it-Tibdil fil-Klima --- Prótacal Kiótó a ghabhann le Coinbhinsiún Creatlaí na Náisiún Aontaithe ar an Athrú Aeráide --- ÜRO kliimamuutuste raamkonventsiooni Kyoto protokoll --- Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācijas Vispārējās konvencijas par klimata pārmaiņām Kioto protokols --- Jungtinių Tautų bendrosios klimato kaitos konvencijos Kioto protokolas --- Kyotoprotocol --- Protocole de Kyoto à la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques --- protokół z Kioto do Ramowej konwencji Narodów Zjednoczonych w sprawie zmian klimatu --- Protokoll von Kyoto zum Rahmenübereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen über Klimaänderungen --- Protocolo de Kyoto a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático --- ochrona środowiska --- προστασία του περιβάλλοντος --- keskkonnakaitse --- varstvo okolja --- protección del medio ambiente --- опазване на околната среда --- ympäristönsuojelu --- miljöskydd --- protecția mediului înconjurător --- vides aizsardzība --- mbrojtje e mjedisit --- cosaint an chomhshaoil --- Umweltschutz --- környezetvédelem --- protection de l'environnement --- milieubescherming --- aplinkos apsauga --- miljøbeskyttelse --- заштита на животната средина --- zaštita okoliša --- ochrana životného prostredia --- protezione dell'ambiente --- заштита животне средине --- proteção do ambiente --- protezzjoni ambjentali --- ochrana životního prostředí --- keskkonna säilitamine --- sauvegarde de l'environnement --- Naturschutz --- ochrana prírody --- protezione del patrimonio ambientale --- protecção do ambiente --- dabas aizsardzība --- konservim i natyrës --- proteção da natureza --- miljøbevarelse --- protection of nature --- protection de la nature --- očuvanje okoliša --- protección de la naturaleza --- tutela dell'ambiente --- a természeti környezet megőrzése --- naturskydd --- gamtosauga --- еколог --- заштита на природата --- conservation de la nature --- ruajtje e mjedisit --- natuurbehoud --- salvaguarda do ambiente --- gamtos apsauga --- miljövård --- διατήρηση του φυσικού περιβάλλοντος --- διαφύλαξη του περιβάλλοντος --- looduskaitse --- nature protection --- conservación del medio ambiente --- медиуми на животната средина --- a természet megőrzése --- προστασία της φύσης --- zachování životního prostředí --- luonnonsuojelu --- conservación de la naturaleza --- aplinkosauga --- természetmegőrzés --- conservation of nature --- protecția naturii --- екологист --- conservarea naturii --- vides saglabāšana --- természetvédelem --- bevarande av natur --- naturbeskyttelse --- Erhaltung der Natur --- preservation of the environment --- salvaguardia dell'ambiente --- ochrana/zachovanie prírody --- mbrojtje e natyrës --- conservação da natureza --- protezione della natura --- ochrana/zachovanie životného prostredia --- difesa dell'ambiente --- beskyttelse af naturen --- tutela ambientale ed ecologica --- zaštita prirode --- заштита околине --- naturvård --- dabas saglabāšana --- natuurbescherming --- Erhaltung der Umwelt --- difesa della natura --- prírodná ochrana --- udržení životního prostředí --- protezione ambientale --- zachování přírody --- ochrana přírody --- tutela del patrimonio naturale --- behoud van het milieu --- vliv na životní prostředí --- invloed op het milieu --- impatt ambjentali --- tionchar ar an gcomhshaol --- επίπτωση στο περιβάλλον --- влијание врз животната средина --- ndikim në mjedis --- vpliv na okolje --- impact sur l'environnement --- impacto ambiental --- ympäristövaikutus --- ietekme uz vidi --- környezeti hatás --- poveikis aplinkai --- utjecaj na okoliš --- miljöpåverkan --- impatto ambientale --- impact asupra mediului --- Auswirkung auf die Umwelt --- miljøindvirkning --- keskkonnamõju --- wpływ na środowisko --- ekologický dosah --- въздействие на околната среда --- утицај на животну средину --- balanço ecológico --- miljöavtryck --- ekoloģiskais novērtējums --- ekobalancë --- ecobalanço --- effetti sull'ambiente --- vides pēdas nospiedums --- keskkonnajalajälg --- mer --- miljökonsekvensbeskrivning --- ślad środowiskowy --- aplinkosauginis pėdsakas --- miljøopgørelse --- vlerësim ekologjik --- ekološka procjena --- huella ambiental --- miljøvurdering --- balance ecológico --- efect ambiental --- effet environnemental --- περιβαλλοντικό αποτύπωμα --- milieueffect --- vides novērtējums --- Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung --- еколошки ефект --- miljøvirkning --- ökológiai mérleg --- écobilan --- milieuvoetafdruk --- ecological assessment --- efecto sobre el medio ambiente --- environmental assessment --- impronta ambientale --- vides ietekmēšana --- környezetihatás-tanulmány --- avaliação ambiental --- Verträglichkeitsprüfung --- ökológiai vizsgálat --- ekologinis balansas --- impronta ambjentali --- indvirkning på miljøet --- miljøbelastning --- bilanț ecologic --- effect on the environment --- conséquence sur l'environnement --- environmental footprint --- environmentálna stopa --- ecologische balans --- evaluare ecologică --- bilan écologique --- milieueffectrapport --- conséquence environnementale --- effekt på miljön --- Umweltwirkung --- efekt mjedisor --- miljöanalys --- еколошко влијание --- ympäristöarvio --- συνέπεια στο περιβάλλον --- mõju keskkonnale --- miljøaftryk --- effet sur l'environnement --- evaluación medioambiental --- valutazione dell'impatto ambientale --- επίδραση στο περιβάλλον --- Umweltimpakt --- bilancio ecologico --- оценка на влијанието врз животната средина --- environmental effect --- ekoloģiskā bilance --- ekologinis įvertinimas --- tionchar comhshaoil --- amprentă de mediu --- ökologische Bilanz --- efekti mbi mjedis --- οικολογικός ισολογισμός --- отпечатък върху околната среда --- okoljski odtis --- miljöbedömning --- ecobilancio --- empreinte environnementale --- eco-balance --- incidence environnementale --- lorg comhshaoil --- vaikutus ympäristöön --- environmentálny vplyv --- effett ambjentali --- incidence sur l'environnement --- efect asupra mediului --- konsekvenser for miljøet --- efeito no meio ambiente --- ekotase --- keskkonnamõju hindamine --- ympäristöjalanjälki --- Impaktstudie --- EIA --- virkning på miljøet --- vplyv na životné prostredie --- environmentální stopa --- Umweltbilanz --- ecobalance --- környezeti lábnyom --- pasqyrë ekologjike --- hodnocení vlivů na životní prostředí --- miljøstatus --- inverkan på miljön --- Umweltimpaktstudie --- évaluation environnementale --- ekologický vliv --- pegada ambiental --- evaluare de mediu --- aplinkos įvertinimas --- ecological balance sheet --- környezetihatás-vizsgálat --- keskkonnahinnang --- ekobilance --- ekologinen tase --- περιβαλλοντική αξιολόγηση --- vlerësim mjedisor --- ökotasakaal --- UVP --- Ökobilanz --- мерки за контрола на загадувањето --- контрол по замърсяване на околната среда --- măsuri pentru controlul poluării --- мере за контролу загађености --- masat e kontrollit të ndotjes --- mjere za kontrolu onečišćenja --- környezetszennyezés elleni küzdelem --- forureningsbekæmpelse --- saastetõrjemeede --- föroreningsbekämpning --- bearta rialaithe truaillithe --- walka z zanieczyszczeniem --- piesārņojuma kontroles pasākumi --- taršos kontrolės priemonės --- bestrijding van de verontreiniging --- opatrenia na kontrolu znečistenia --- luta contra a poluição --- lutte contre la pollution --- καταπολέμηση της ρύπανσης --- lucha contra la contaminación --- Bekämpfung der Umweltbelastungen --- miżuri ta' kontroll tat-tniġġis --- opatření na kontrolu znečištění --- lotta contro l'inquinamento --- ympäristöhaittojen torjunta --- ukrepi proti onesnaževanju --- szennyezés csökkentése --- snižování znečištění --- mjere za kontrolu zagađenja --- reduction of pollution --- forureningsbegrænsning --- taršos mažinimas --- vermindering van de milieuverontreiniging --- riduzione dell'inquinamento da polvere --- kova su tarša --- smanjenje onečićenja --- opatření na kontrolu škodlivin --- bekämpning av nedsmutsning --- monitorování znečištění --- мерки за намалување на загадувањето --- reducerea poluării --- μείωση της ρύπανσης --- ulje e ndotjes --- reostuse vähendamine --- opatření na kontrolu emisí --- poluição do litoral --- Verringerung der Umweltbelastungen --- piesārņojuma samazināšana --- környezetterhelés elleni küzdelem --- saastuttamisen vähentäminen --- redução da poluição --- minskning av förorening --- réduction de la pollution --- Schadstoffbekämpfung --- Bekämpfung der Umweltverschmutzung --- combate à poluição --- reostustõrjemeede --- környezetterhelés --- zníženie znečistenia --- riduzione dell'inquinamento --- reducción de la contaminación --- szennyezés elleni küzdelem --- měření znečištění --- rahvusvaheline koostöö --- меѓународна соработка --- nemzetközi együttműködés --- współpraca międzynarodowa --- cooperazione internazionale --- coopération internationale --- internationale Zusammenarbeit --- cooperare internațională --- internationale samenwerking --- medzinárodná spolupráca --- tarptautinis bendradarbiavimas --- kansainvälinen yhteistyö --- cooperação internacional --- международно сътрудничество --- internationellt samarbete --- bashkëpunim ndërkombëtar --- међународна сарадња --- mezinárodní spolupráce --- mednarodno sodelovanje --- internationalt samarbejde --- διεθνής συνεργασία --- međunarodna suradnja --- kooperazzjoni internazzjonali --- starptautiskā sadarbība --- cooperación internacional --- comhar idirnáisiúnta --- mezinárodní kooperace --- интернационална соработка --- internacionální kooperace --- spolupráce na mezinárodní úrovni --- internacionální spolupráce --- kaimiņvalstu sadarbība --- cambio climático --- klimatska promjena --- tibdil fil-klima --- промена климе --- klimatförändring --- alteração climática --- kliimamuutus --- sprememba podnebja --- климатска промена --- zmiany klimatyczne --- changement climatique --- промяна на климата --- cambiamento climatico --- schimbare climatică --- ndryshim klimaterik --- změna klimatu --- klimata maiņa --- éghajlatváltozás --- zmena podnebia --- klimato kaita --- athrú aeráide --- klimaatsverandering --- Klimaveränderung --- ilmastonmuutos --- klimaændring --- κλιματική αλλαγή --- az éghajlat változása --- modificación del clima --- klimatiskā izmaiņa --- промена на климата --- klimatická změna --- klimatická zmena --- climatic change --- schimbări climatice --- aplinkos politika --- vides politika --- milieubeleid --- Umweltpolitik --- keskkonnapoliitika --- política do ambiente --- екологична политика --- okoljska politika --- polityka ochrony środowiska --- politika ambjentali --- политика заштите животне средине --- politica mediului înconjurător --- politika životného prostredia --- környezetvédelmi politika --- miljöpolitik --- politique de l'environnement --- politika okoliša --- politica ambientale --- política de medio ambiente --- politikë mjedisore --- miljøpolitik --- beartas comhshaoil --- περιβαλλοντική πολιτική --- политика за животна средина --- ympäristöpolitiikka --- environmentální politika --- miljøstyring --- starostlivosť o životné prostredie --- gestion de l'environnement --- política medioambiental --- gestione dell'ambiente --- política ambiental --- ochrana a tvorba životního prostředí --- upravljanje okolišem --- politica dell'ambiente --- menaxhim mjedisor --- ympäristöjohtaminen --- vides apsaimniekošana --- környezetpolitika --- miljöförvaltning --- Umweltpflege --- διαχείριση του περιβάλλοντος --- gospodarenje okolišem --- managementul mediului --- környezetgazdálkodás --- a környezet gondozása --- politika ochrany životního prostředí --- keskkonnajuhtimine --- politika na ochranu životního prostředí --- péče o životní prostředí --- gestión del medio ambiente --- politica in materia di ambiente --- environmental management --- aplinkos valdymas --- Umweltschutzpolitik --- gestão do ambiente --- milieubeheer --- International cooperation. --- ARPA-E. --- Abatement Cost. --- Acid rain. --- Activism. --- Air pollution. --- Availability. --- Beyond the Limits. --- Business ethics. --- Carburetor. --- Cargo ship. --- Cattle. --- Cess. --- Civil aviation. --- Clean Air Act (United States). --- Clean Development Mechanism. --- Climate Change Agreement. --- Climate change. --- Collaboration. --- Collective action. --- Common-pool resource. --- Comparative advantage. --- Creative accounting. --- Curtailment. --- Customer. --- Cyber-attack. --- Decision-making. --- Deforestation. --- Deliberation. --- Developed country. --- Dynamic efficiency. --- Economic efficiency. --- Economic power. --- Electricity generation. --- Electricity. --- Emerging technologies. --- Emissions trading. --- Energy technology. --- Environmental issue. --- Environmental law. --- Environmentalism. --- Experiment. --- Externality. --- Fertilizer. --- Fraud. --- Funding. --- Global politics. --- Globalization. --- Governance. --- Granularity. --- Guarantee. --- Hydrogen vehicle. --- Implementation. --- Impossibility. --- Incentive. --- Income. --- Industrial policy. --- Informality. --- Information asymmetry. --- Innovation. --- Inspection. --- Institution. --- Interconnection. --- Interest. --- International Maritime Organization. --- Land Registry (United Kingdom). --- Member state. --- Military dictatorship. --- Montreal Protocol. --- National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. --- Ownership. --- Ozone depletion. --- Pasture. --- Patent. --- Pollutant. --- Pollution. --- Procurement. --- Protectionism. --- Quality assurance. --- Quantity. --- Regulation. --- Renewable resource. --- Requirement. --- Scrubber. --- Second source. --- Skepticism. --- Slowdown. --- Supply chain. --- Sustainability. --- Technocracy. --- Technology. --- The Way Forward. --- Top-down and bottom-up design. --- Trade barrier. --- Treaty. --- Uncertainty. --- United Nations Environment Programme. --- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. --- Vehicle. --- World Trade Organization. --- ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY--INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION --- CLIMATIC CHANGES--INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION


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The regime complex for climate change
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Year: 2011 Publisher: New York: Cambridge university press,

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The Political Economy of Energy Subsidy Reform
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ISBN: 1464810087 Year: 2017 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,

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This book proposes a simple framework for understanding the political economy of subsidy reform and applies it to four in-depth country studies covering more than 30 distinct episodes of reform. Five key lessons emerge. First, energy subsidies often follow a life cycle, beginning as a way to stabilize prices and reduce exposure to price volatility for low-income consumers. However, as they grow in size and political power, they become entrenched. Second, subsidy reform strategies vary because the underlying political economy problems vary. When benefits are concentrated, satisfying (or isolating) interest groups with alternative policies is an important condition for effective reform. When benefits are diffuse, it can be much harder to identify and manage the political coalition needed for reform. Third, governments vary in their administrative and political capacities to implement difficult energy subsidy reforms. Fourth, improvements in social protection systems are often critical to the success of reforms because they make it possible to target assistance to those most in need. Finally, the most interesting cases involve governments that take a strategic approach to the challenges of political economy. In these settings, fixing energy subsidies is central to the governments' missions of retaining political power and reorganizing how the government delivers benefits to the population. These cases are examples of "reform engineering" where governments actively seek to create the capacity to implement alternative policies, depoliticize tariffs, and build credibility around alternative policies. The most successful reforms involve active efforts by policy leaders to identify the political forces supporting energy subsidies and redirect or inoculate them.

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Energy Subsidy Reform Assessment Framework : Assessing the Political Economy of Energy Subsidies to Support Policy Reform Operations
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Year: 2018 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,

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This note comes in three sections. First, the information required for political economy analysis of energy subsidy reforms is presented. Second, a summary is given of the information that can usually be obtained through desk research to provide the context for subsequent interviews and another field research. Third, information that probably requires interviews and field data collection is provided. The ultimate audience of the proposed types of analysis lies with policy reformers themselves and with external development and policy institutions that are seeking to help governments adopt more sustainable reforms. However, the direct audience for this note are those commissioning political economy analysis of energy subsidies, and technocrats, researchers, and advisers to policy makers carrying out the analysis. Often, a team made up of sector experts and political economy experts will provide a greater depth of analysis. Significant attention is devoted here to the origins and operation of existing subsidies since that history conditions what is possible for the adoption and sustainability of future reforms. The main interest and audience for this note is forward-looking, people and institutions who need to understand what is politically possible and how to realign political forces around successful reform. The authors are mindful that this role is perhaps different from other more technocratic roles of agencies and institutions focused on technical analysis and thus they also devote some attention to the processes needed to obtain and manage sensitive information and political insights since mismanagement in that realm can, itself, affect the political prospects for reform and harm the standing of reform agents in the process. In contrast to desk research or analysis of existing datasets, field research on political economy will always be an intervention in the local system, which needs to be managed well to increase and not decrease the space for reform and coalition building.

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