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Austrian Climate Change Workshop Discusses Future of Carbon Market in EU and Globally (Wonkish)
I was at the Austrian Kommunalkredit’s annual climate change workshop last week, presenting on a new study we did with others on design options for the UNFCCC’s new market mechanism on behalf of the E… more →
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Austrian Climate Change Workshop Discusses Future of Carbon Market in EU and Globally (Wonkish)
wrote 4 months ago: I was at the Austrian Kommunalkredit’s annual climate change workshop last week, presenting on a new … more →
New Publications on the CDM as a Global Standard (Or Not), City-Wide PoAs and the New Market Mechanism
wrote 5 months ago: Me and colleagues got out a couple of new publications at the end of last year. Below are the abstra … more →
Sands Are Running Out for Climate Protection - Wuppertal Assessment of the Doha Climate Conference
wrote 5 months ago: As usual, the Wuppertal Institute has produced a comprehensive report on the Doha climate conference … more →
Next Time You Come to a Climate Conference, Do Your Homework Beforehand
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wrote 6 months ago: So once again the UN climate process has been saved. In an unprecedented display, the conference … more →
What Are the Crunch Issues at the Doha Climate Conference?
wrote 6 months ago: The Doha climate conference is expected to put the seal on something long hoped for by many: extendi … more →
Should the International Climate Negotiations Focus on Policies Rather Than Targets?
wrote 8 months ago: As a follow-up to my recent post on whether the international climate negotiations need new types of … more →
Paris Prospect for 2015 Climate Conference Is Giving Me This Strange Feeling of Déjà Vu
wrote 9 months ago: French president Hollande has announced his countries’ readiness to host the 2015 UN climate c … more →
Do the Climate Negotiations Need New Types of Targets?
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wrote 9 months ago: Since its inception, the international climate regime has been based on emission targets. Industrial … more →
EU 2011 Emissions 17.5% Below 1990 Levels, Higher Target Still Not Forthcoming
wrote 9 months ago: According to the European Environment Agency, EU greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.5% in 2011, stan … more →
New Publication on UNFCCC Framework for Market-Based Approaches (Wonkish)
wrote 11 months ago: Theres a new paper out by Joëlle de Sépibus, Andreas Tuerk and myself. It’s a preliminary vers … more →
Two Articles by Ecofys and Elinor Ostrom on Multi-Tier Approaches to Combating Climate Change
wrote 11 months ago: I recently read two interesting articles on how to prop up the flagging UN climate process and in fa … more →
On the Usefulness and Prospects of New Market Mechanisms (Wonkish)
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wrote 1 year ago: Below are the abstracts and links to two new publications by me on new market mechanisms (NMMs) unde … more →
Bonn Side Event Presentations Online
wrote 1 year ago: For those interested in the arcana of new market mechanisms and NAMAs, I was involved in three side … more →
Dysfunctional US Politics and International Climate Policy
wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes the messenger is the message. The Washington Post these days had a must-read article co-au … more →
The 2015 Climate Conference Needs to be a Leaders' Summit
wrote 1 year ago: Continuing with my inbox clean-up, I came across this very interesting commentary by Michael Jacobs … more →
A Good Match: Countries' Fossil Fuel Reserves and Their Climate Policy
wrote 1 year ago: In a recent post I quoted from an article by Bill McKibben who argues that the resistance of the fos … more →
UN Climate Chief: Governments Need Push From Below For Climate Deal
wrote 1 year ago: This news article quotes Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN climate secretariat, as … more →
On the Road Again - Wuppertal Institute Assessment of the Durban Conference
wrote 1 year ago: The Wuppertal Institute’s report on the Durban conference is now online. The conference revol … more →
On Track Towards Legally Binding Climate Commitments? Not Necessarily
wrote 1 year ago: A lot of the reporting on Durban asserts that countries agreed to work out a deal that will force ev … more →
