All pages with keywords: international negotiations

rachel_kyte

Video – Paris and beyond: lecture by World Bank Group VP, Rachel Kyte

Public Lecture Samuel Fankhauser 22 Oct 2015

World Bank Vice Group President Rachel Kyte looks beyond a potential climate deal at the Paris summit and asks how an orderly transition to zero carbon growth could be managed and financed. read more »


Grantham seminar | Export coal in a changing economic climate: the economics and politics of a moratorium on new coal mines

Seminar 19 Aug 2015

Richard Denniss, Chief Economist at The Australian Institute, presents this seminar which focuses on the scope of planned coal mine expansions in Australia and Indonesia and goes on to explore the case for a moratorium on new coal mines. read more »


A minilateral solution for global climate change? On bargaining efficiency, club benefits and international legitimacy

A minilateral solution for global climate change? On bargaining efficiency, club benefits and international legitimacy

a working paper by Robert Falkner 2 July, 2015

This paper by Rober Falkner explores the the potential role that climate clubs might play in promoting global climate action. read more »


Michael Jacobs

Five ways Ban Ki-moon’s summit has changed international climate politics forever

in the news Michael Jacobs 26 September, 2014

Guardian, 26th September 2014: The UN climate summit in New York decided nothing – but it has helped put climate change back on the agenda


Domestic politics and the formation of international environmental agreements

Domestic politics and the formation of international environmental agreements

a working paper by Simon Dietz, Carmen Marchiori, Alessandro Tavoni 1 August, 2012

The theory of international environmental agreements overwhelmingly assumes that governments engage as unitary agents. Each government makes choices based on benefits and costs that are simple … read more »


Asymmetry, optimal transfers and international environmental agreements

Asymmetry, optimal transfers and international environmental agreements

a working paper by Jonathan Colmer 1 November, 2011

This paper applies optimal sharing rules to a coalition formation game with positive externalities, demonstrating the effectiveness of well-designed transfer schemes in improving outcomes for participation … read more »