Der Stern-Report, der vierte IPCC-Bericht der UNO und nicht zuletzt der extrem warme Winter 2006/07 haben die Klimaproblematik wieder in de Mittelpunkt des öffentlichen Interesses gerückt. Welchen Beitrag kann und sollte Deutschland zur Lösung des Weltklimaproblems leisten? Die Antwort von...

Avoiding a catastrophic climate change event is a global public good characterized by several dimensions, notably heterogeneity between the parties involved. It is often argued that such heterogeneity between countries is a major obstacle to cooperative climate policy. We challenge this belief...

We propose a global refunding scheme as a new international approach to addressing climate change. A global refunding system allows each country to set its carbon emission tax, while aggregate tax revenues are partially refunded to member countries in proportion to the relative emissions...