Papers by Michael Dutschke
International Journal of Sustainable Development, 1998
Routledge eBooks, Apr 3, 2009
Social Science Research Network, 2004
Social Science Research Network, 2003
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2005
Europe and Global Climate Change
TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis
Environment & Policy, 1999
Most of the developing world has been seeing flexible instruments as a pretext for industrialized... more Most of the developing world has been seeing flexible instruments as a pretext for industrialized nations to go on burning the earth's fossil fuel reserves while denying the developing world the benefits the industrialized countries have enjoyed until now. Others do not see any need at all for climate policy and think it diverts interest from development matters. The fact is that there are still doubts on the magnitude of the damage caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, while the dangers of poverty, social inequity and pollution are proved daily. However, there is a high degree of probability that today's developing countries will suffer most from climate change. The tropics are highly affected by disastrous climatic irregularities, like hurricanes, floods and droughts that are likely to grow in number and magnitude. Equity is an issue as well for the present and future distribution of emission rights. Development indicators being positively linked to GHG emissions, ...
Joint Implementation (JI) is a potentially powerful instrument of climate policy that could lead ... more Joint Implementation (JI) is a potentially powerful instrument of climate policy that could lead to a high amount of additional financial flows to developing countries. Nevertheless, many NGOs and developing country representatives are very skeptical about JI and fear that it would not take into account development priorities and create new kinds of dependence on industrial countries. Therefore, developing countries
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Papers by Michael Dutschke