Post-Kyoto International Climate Policy: Summary for Policymakers

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Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
International Advisory Board: Harvard Environmental Economics Program......Page 10
Faculty Steering Committee Harvard Project on International Climate: Agreements......Page 12
Management: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements......Page 13
Contributors......Page 14
Foreword......Page 25
1 Introduction and overview......Page 31
Learning from experience: the Kyoto Protocol......Page 33
Alternative policy architectures for the post-Kyoto period......Page 37
The Bali road map and the path ahead......Page 39
Implementing architectures for agreement......Page 41
Alternative international policy architectures......Page 42
Negotiation, assessment, and compliance......Page 45
The role and means of technology transfer......Page 47
Global climate policy and international trade......Page 48
Economic development, adaptation, and deforestation......Page 49
Modeling impacts of alternative allocations of responsibility......Page 51
Synthesis......Page 54
2 Lessons for the International Policy Community......Page 57
Principles for an international agreement......Page 58
Targets and timetables: formulas for evolving emission targets for all countries......Page 61
Harmonized domestic policies: a portfolio of international treaties......Page 63
Harmonized Domestic Policies: A System of National Carbon Taxes......Page 66
Coordinated national policies: linkage of national and regional tradable permit systems......Page 68
Key design issues in international policy architecture......Page 70
Burden-sharing in an international climate agreement......Page 71
International carbon markets and technology transfer......Page 72
Additional technology policy in post-2012 international climate agreements......Page 73
Reforming the Clean Development Mechanism......Page 75
Improved, expanded, and focused GHG offsets......Page 76
Climate accession deals......Page 77
Addressing deforestation in an international climate agreement......Page 78
Making global climate policy compatible with global trade policy......Page 80
Conclusion......Page 82
References......Page 84
Appendix 1 Summaries of Research Initiatives Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements......Page 87
Section I Alternative International Policy Architectures......Page 91
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Key findings and recommendations......Page 94
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Section II Negotiation, Assessment, and Compliance......Page 115
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Section III The Role and Means of Technology Transfer......Page 129
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Section IV Global Climate Policy and International Trade......Page 143
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Section V Economic Development, Adaptation, and Deforestation......Page 151
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Conclusion......Page 155
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Section VI Modeling Impacts of Alternative Allocations of Responsibility......Page 169
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Section VII Epilogue......Page 189
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Appendix 2 Selected List of Individuals Consulted: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements......Page 195
Sponsored and Conducted by the Harvard Project:......Page 201
Major Harvard Project participation in events sponsored by other organizations:......Page 202
Appendix 4 Glossary and Abbreviations......Page 205