scholarly journals The Fatter the Tail, the Fatter the Climate Agreement - Simulating the Influence of Fat Tails in Climate Change Damages on the Success of International Climate Negotiations

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thijs Dekker ◽  
Rob Dellink ◽  
Janina Ketterer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fat Tails ◽  
Climate Negotiations ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Climate Change Damages ◽  
International Climate Negotiations

Collective Risk and Distributional Equity in Climate Change Bargaining

2021 ◽  
pp. 002200272110273
Author(s):  
Aseem Mahajan ◽  
Reuben Kline ◽  
Dustin Tingley
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Characteristic Feature ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
Bargaining Model ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Climate Negotiations ◽  
Collective Risk ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Alternating Offers ◽  
International Climate Negotiations

International climate negotiations occur against the backdrop of increasing collective risk: the likelihood of catastrophic economic loss due to climate change will continue to increase unless and until global mitigation efforts are sufficient to prevent it. We introduce a novel alternating-offers bargaining model that incorporates this characteristic feature of climate change. We test the model using an incentivized experiment. We manipulate two important distributional equity principles: capacity to pay for mitigation of climate change and vulnerability to its potentially catastrophic effects. Our results show that less vulnerable parties do not exploit the greater vulnerability of their bargaining partners. They are, rather, more generous. Conversely, parties with greater capacity are less generous in their offers. Both collective risk itself and its importance in light of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report make it all the more urgent to better understand this crucial strategic feature of climate change bargaining.

China in Copenhagen: Reconciling the “Beijing Climate Revolution” and the “Copenhagen Climate Obstinacy”

2012 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 435-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Climate Negotiations ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
International Climate Negotiations

AbstractThe contradiction between the astonishing dynamic of China's domestic climate policy agenda and its seemingly tenacious position in international climate negotiations presents a puzzle that, on closer inspection, reveals much about a nation at the crossroads, undecided which way to turn. The alterations in China's political interests connected to the issue of climate change are clearly evident in the domestic policy changes China introduced during previous years. However, China's leadership thus far has remained hesitant to translate this new set of interests fully into a coherent position in the international arena. China's mounting difficulties in reconciling its rapidly changing role on the international stage with its altered domestic situation, as well as its traditional foreign policy interests and principles, undermine its ability to pursue a consistent and effective strategy in international climate negotiations. China's reluctance to redefine its role in the international arena has led to a number of inconsistencies that particularly plagued its position during the Copenhagen conference, adding to the overall non-constructive dynamic of the proceedings that ultimately left China, as everyone else, with empty hands. The Copenhagen negotiations demonstrated that China's leadership will have to address these inconsistencies resolutely if it wants to realize the benefits that international climate cooperation offers.

scholarly journals Global klimapolitik: Fra Bali til Paris

Politik ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Skovgaard ◽  
Lau Blaxekjær
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Negotiations ◽  
The Road ◽  
Stated Goal ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Mitigate Climate Change ◽  
Global Agreement ◽  
Point Of Departure ◽  
International Climate Negotiations

This paper analyses the international climate negotiations from the so-called 2007 Bali Roadmap over the 2009 breakdown in negotiations at the UN climate summit COP15 to the following COP meetings with a focus on central issues and tendencies. e analysis is structured by applying the concepts of content and process as empirical and heuristic tools. is is used as the point of departure to analyse the road to Paris, where COP21 will be held in 2015 with the stated goal of reaching a global agreement corresponding to the previous goal of COP15, only now covering the period from 2020 onwards. e paper concludes that the recent COPs can be characterised by three overlapping discussions: How parties interpret and seek to imple- ment the principle of common but di erentiated responsibility, the principle of equity, as well as the question of real e ects of actions to mitigate climate change. 

scholarly journals Creating space for reflection and dialogue: Examples of new modes of communication for empowering climate action

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-180
Author(s):  
Carolin Fraude ◽  
Thomas Bruhn ◽  
Dorota Stasiak ◽  
Christine Wamsler ◽  
Kathleen Mar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Climate Negotiations ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
International Climate Negotiations

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.” This quote by Albert Einstein highlights our need for new formats of communication to address the knowledge-action gap regarding climate change and other sustainability challenges. This includes reflection, and communication spaces, as well as methods and approaches that can catalyze the emergence of transformative change and action. In this article we present and reflect on experiments we carried out at international climate negotiations and conferences.

scholarly journals GRAPHIC - Groundwater and Climate Change - Mitigating the Global Groundwater Crisis and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts - Position Paper and Call to Action

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Industrial Activities ◽  
Climate Negotiations ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Impacts Of Climate Change ◽  
International Climate Negotiations

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the important role groundwater has in meeting the demands for drinking water, agricultural and industrial activities, and sustaining ecosystems, particularly in the context of adaptation to and mitigation of the impacts of climate change. This paper outlines several key recommendations that are particularly relevant for future international climate negotiations. Climate change Groundwater

scholarly journals Ethics and international climate negotiations

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Kengmana
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Climate Change Negotiations ◽  
Climate Negotiations ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Descriptive Sense ◽  
International Climate Negotiations ◽  
International Climate Change

There is no consensus amongst policy makers and scholars about the role that ethical considerations should and will play in international climate change negotiations. In this article, I defend the role of ethics in these negotiations, both in the normative sense and in the descriptive sense. In doing so, I respond to a number of arguments which hold that ethical considerations either should not or will not play an important role in international climate change negotiations.

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