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Meanwhile, it is commonly agreed upon that climate protection requires a significant contraction of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other trace gases. Stringent emission constraints on production and consumption activities are likely to produce non-negligible adjustment costs. Given some exogenous global emission reduction profile (which might be delivered from natural sciences) international climate policy focuses on two major issues:
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What is the magnitude, and
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what is the distribution of costs
for alternative greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement strategies to achieve the global reduction target?
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Research support has been provided by the Ministry for the Environment and Transport of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. The analysis of “Contraction and Convergence” builds on joint work with Heinz Welsch (University of Oldenburg).The author remains responsible for the views expressed here.
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Böhringer, C. (2000). Shaping Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategies — Policy Issues and Quantitative Insights. In: Brockmann, K.L., Stronzik, M. (eds) Flexible Mechanisms for an Efficient Climate Policy. ZEW Economic Studies, vol 11. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57691-1_4
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