Climate Policy in the European Community and Its Economic Aspects

2015 ◽

pp. 20-38

Author(s):

Gheorghe H. Popescu ◽

Elvira Nica

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Economic Growth ◽

Global Warming ◽

Climate Policy ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Temperature Increase ◽

Economic Aspects ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Green Paradox

Scholarship about the role of managed systems when considering the impacts of climate change, the environmental problem arising from polluting-resource use, the economic aspects of strategies to slow climate change, and the connection between climate change and economic growth has increased and consolidated, especially in recent years. The main objective of this chapter is to explore and describe the effects of climate policy on greenhouse gas emissions, the societal aspects of climate change, the technology-based determinants of green growth, and the productivity impacts of environmental quality. The results of the current chapter converge with prior research on the harmful results of climate change, reduced use of polluting inputs as a consequence of environmental policy, the prevailing governmental policies for fighting global warming, and measures to mitigate the temperature increase by reducing CO2 emissions.

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Differentiation, Leaders, and Fairness: Negotiating Climate Commitments in the European Community

International Negotiation ◽

10.1163/15718069920848435 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 133-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

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Keyword(s):

Transaction Costs ◽

Climate Policy ◽

European Community ◽

Analytical Models ◽

Environmental Agreements ◽

Focal Points ◽

Environmental Measures ◽

Quantitative Indicators ◽

Political Negotiation ◽

Bargaining Positions

AbstractScholars contend that symmetrical environmental measures are widely used because they simplify negotiations, prevent countries from pursuing extreme bargaining positions, and reflect salient focal points. This article argues that it is possible to negotiate and reach asymmetrical environmental agreements that take into account significant national dissimilarities. It is demonstrated that analytical models and intuitively appealing model-based quantitative indicators of national circumstances can establish premises for negotiations leading to differentiated environmental agreements. While they do not take the place of political negotiation, they help identify a formula that defines the problem in a resolvable fashion and prevents the bargaining space from expanding uncontrollably. Moreover, in pre-Kyoto European Community climate policy, which this article empirically examines, high transaction costs and EC member states' ability to block costly agreements were not essential. The article concludes by suggesting four recommendations for reaching differentiated environmental agreements.

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Global Warming, Climate Policy, and the Green Paradox

Natural Resources Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch001 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gheorghe H. Popescu ◽

Elvira Nica

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Economic Growth ◽

Global Warming ◽

Climate Policy ◽

Environmental Quality ◽

Temperature Increase ◽

Economic Aspects ◽

Gas Emissions ◽

Green Paradox

Scholarship about the role of managed systems when considering the impacts of climate change, the environmental problem arising from polluting-resource use, the economic aspects of strategies to slow climate change, and the connection between climate change and economic growth has increased and consolidated, especially in recent years. The main objective of this chapter is to explore and describe the effects of climate policy on greenhouse gas emissions, the societal aspects of climate change, the technology-based determinants of green growth, and the productivity impacts of environmental quality. The results of the current chapter converge with prior research on the harmful results of climate change, reduced use of polluting inputs as a consequence of environmental policy, the prevailing governmental policies for fighting global warming, and measures to mitigate the temperature increase by reducing CO2 emissions.

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