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Back to Kyoto?: US participation and the linkage between R&D and climate cooperation

Buchner, Barbara, Carraro, Carlo, Cersosimo, Igor and Marchiori, Carmen (2005) Back to Kyoto?: US participation and the linkage between R&D and climate cooperation. In: Haurie, Alain and Viguier, Laurent, (eds.) The Coupling of Climate and Economic Dynamics. Advances in Global Change Research (22). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, pp. 173-204. ISBN 9781402034244

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Identification Number: 10.1007/1-4020-3425-3_7

Abstract

The US decision not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and the subsequent outcomes of the Bonn and Marrakech Conferences of the Parties drastically reduce the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol in controlling GHG emissions. The reason is not only the reduced emission abatement in the US. Lower spillover effects on technology and an increase in Russia’s bargaining power were also induced by the US decision. It is therefore crucial to analyse whether an incentive strategy exists that could induce the US to revise its decision and comply with the Kyoto commitments. One solution, occasionally proposed in literature and in actual policymaking, is to link negotiations on climate change control with decisions concerning international R&D cooperation and technology transfers. This paper explores this idea by analysing on the one hand the incentives for the EU, Japan and Russia to adopt an “issue linkage” strategy, and on the other hand the incentives for the US to join a coalition cooperating both on climate change control and on technological innovation. The extended regime in which cooperation takes place on both dimensions (GHG emissions and R&D) will be examined from the view point of countries’ profitability and free-riding incentives. The effectiveness and credibility of the “issue linkage” strategy will thus be assessed.

Item Type: Book Section
Official URL: http://www.springer.com
Additional Information: © 2005 Springer
Divisions: Geography & Environment
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Date Deposited: 03 May 2011 13:38
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 09:13
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/35845

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