The negotiations for a global climate agreement recognize that substantial and additional funds need to be generated for assisting adaptation in developing countries. Currently, the 2% adaptation levy (AL) on the clean development mechanism (CDM) is intended to serve this purpose under the Kyoto...

Dieses Buch richtet sich vor allem an sozialwissenschaftlich orientierte Nachhaltigkeitsforscher, an Fachleute aus Wirtschaft, Verwaltung und Politik sowie an all diejenigen, die sich für die gesellschaftlichen Folgen des demografischen Wandels interessieren. Der Autor untersucht, welchen...

We investigate whether global cooperation for emission abatement can be improved if asymmetric countries can sign different parallel environmental agreements. The analysis assumes a two-stage game theoretical model. Conditions for self-enforcing sets of agreements and the resulting total...