Explaining goal achievement in international negotiations: the EU and the Paris Agreement on climate change

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 708-727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Oberthür ◽  
Lisanne Groen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
International Negotiations ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals The Race for Climate Leadership in the ERA of Trump and Multilevel Governance

European View ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Palacková
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Multilevel Governance ◽  
Good News ◽  
Joint Commitment ◽  
Global System ◽  
Climate Targets ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Other World ◽  
The Eu

President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, albeit predictable, presents both challenges and opportunities for the global system of multilevel governance. Various stakeholders are ready to fill the void, including other world leaders, such as the EU, and in particular Germany; US state actors, such as California; and even cities and businesses. Whatever the outcome, the reaffirmed joint commitment to implementing the climate targets is good news for the planet.

scholarly journals Achieving consensus in multilateral international negotiations: The case study of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (51) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmela Bernardo ◽  
Lingfei Wang ◽  
Francesco Vasca ◽  
Yiguang Hong ◽  
Guodong Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
International Negotiations

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTING EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TURKEY: THE COST AND EXPENDITURES OF THE POLICY COMPLIANCE

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-101
Author(s):  
DİLARA SÜLÜN
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
European Union ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Environmental Policy ◽  
The Eu

This paper examines the European environmental policy and the tools that the European Union (EU) uses for the aim of protecting the environment. Environmental policy is of crucial importance indeed as it has direct impact on human’s health, on the quality of environment, on the well-being of all living creatures and species and on the preservation of our natural resources around the world. The EU is quite active in environmental protection policy making and the scope of her environmental policy expanded with time, including nowadays many aspects such as air, water and soil pollution, waste management, protection of the environment, industrial pollution, chemicals, climate change and noise pollution. The methodology of the study consists of the review and analysis of primary and secondary sources regarding EU legislation on European environmental policy. The requirements of environmental policy are exposed and evaluated at the European level and other international engagements at the global level such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement are also evaluated in our paper. European statistics and reports are evaluated to provide a good understanding and assessment of the relation between governments and corporations’ expenditures and the protection of environment in EU member states and in Turkey. Our paper also includes the implementation of the European environmental policy in Turkey, therefore Turkish of􀏐icial policy alignment and compliance is explained with data related to EU funded projects implemented by Turkish institutions. Regarding the relation between expenditures and environment, our 􀏐indings indicate a reverse causality effect; the quality of the environment determines the level of public expenditures indeed, and not vice-versa. As analyzed in our paper, governments and corporations’ investments related to environmental protection are quite low and they are in decline, this share needs to be increased both at the EU level and in Turkey. Key Words: European Union Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, Government Expenditures on Environmental Policy.

Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Covid-19 and Hydrogen Energy – New Realities of Coal Mining and Consumption in the EU and Asia in the Period until 2040

2021 ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
L.S. Plakitkina ◽  
Yu.A. Plakitkin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Hydrogen Energy ◽  
Coal Production ◽  
Thermal Coal ◽  
The Eu

The damage caused by burning of coal is currently much higher than that produced by using alternative energy sources. This explains the growing urgency to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which, as of November 2020, has already been signed by more than 170 countries. The study analyzes the volumes of coal production by the world's coal market leaders over the period from 2000 to 2019. Despite an overall increase in global coal production by 1.5% in 2019 as compared to 2018, which reached 7.9 billion tons, there was a decrease in coal mining rates by 3.4% and 3.5% against the previous two years. The rapid decline in the importance of coal-fired power plants in the electric power generation of the European Union and Asia who seek to shift to renewable energy sources and hydrogen power, makes further growth in exports of Russian thermal coal quite problematic in the post-crisis period. Most probably, the declining trend in coal production and consumption will continue and even intensify in the coming years. The fall in coal mining and consumption in 2020 alone can reach 25% in the USA, 5–10% in Japan and South Korea, 20% in the EU countries, and 9% in China. The use of hydrogen fuel will make significant changes in the supply not only of the Russian coal, but also of the Russian natural gas and oil. The demand for these commodities will be decreasing.

scholarly journals Saving face and facing climate change: Are border adjustments a viable option to stop carbon leakage?

European View ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-155
Author(s):  
Eva Palacková
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Viable Option ◽  
Competitive Disadvantage ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Trading Partners ◽  
European Industry ◽  
Saving Face ◽  
Border Adjustments ◽  
The Eu

This article argues that imposing a carbon tariff on imports from the EU’s trading partners could deliver tangible climate results but would also provoke strong trade repercussions. Ideally, the implementation of the Paris Agreement remains the best solution for the planet. But ambitious domestic climate policy in the absence of an international commitment to reduce carbon emissions puts the EU at a competitive disadvantage. While continuing its leadership on climate action, the EU has addressed the threat of displacing its production and its emissions elsewhere by subsidising European industry with carbon credits, an approach which has had unconvincing results. Carbon border adjustments could be a controversial but better option.

Impacts of Paris Agreement on Russian economy

2018 ◽  
pp. 76-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Makarov ◽  
C. Henry ◽  
V. P. Sergey
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Policy ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Paris Agreement ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
Russian Economy ◽  
Climate Policies

The paper applies multiregional CGE Economic Policy Projection and Analysis (EPPA) model to analyze major risks the Paris Agreement on climate change adopted in 2015 brings to Russia. The authors come to the conclusion that if parties of the Agreement meet their targets that were set for 2030 it may lead to the decrease of average annual GDP growth rates by 0.2-0.3 p. p. Stricter climate policies beyond this year would bring GDP growth rates reduction in2035-2050 by additional 0.5 p. p. If Russia doesn’t ratify Paris Agreement, these losses may increase. In order to mitigate these risks, diversification of Russian economy is required.

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