This article discusses various aspects of international technology collaboration and transfer before discussing technology in the climate negotiations themselves. While 'technology agreements' alone could not be expected to deliver the fundamental changes in energy production and use necessary...

This paper assesses five options for targets that could be taken by all countries to meet the ultimate objective of the climate change convention: fixed, binding targets; dynamic targets; non-binding targets; sectoral targets; policies and measures. Each is evaluated according to criteria of...

This article assesses the long-term economic and climatic effects of introducing price caps and price floors in hypothetical global climate change mitigation policy. Based on emission trends, abatement costs and equilibrium climate sensitivity from IPCC and IEA reports, this quantitative...