@techreport{Bode2003Equal,
abstract = {After Future climate policy regimes may be based on the Kyoto-Protocol or on other
policy instruments such as carbon-taxes. Any effective regime based on the Protocol
requires the determination of the concrete contributions by each Party. This involves
namely the time of contribution and the quantification of the contribution itself. By now
many proposals exist for the two issues, as for example thresholds like GDP per capita
for the question of timing or emissions per capita for an allocation of emission rights.
Based on the two justice principle responsibility and equity of rights that form the basis
for the so-called Brazilian Proposal and Contraction & Convergence respectively, a
new approach is developed: Future emission rights are allocated on the basis of equal
emissions per capita over time. By so doing not only are emissions per capita (EPC)
taken into account during the allocation but also their evolution over time. I show that
nations with high EPC may even be allocated negative quantities of emissions right due
to their historical ?burden?. On the other hand, Parties with low EPC would be allocated
large amounts of ?fair air? which can increase the incentive to accept absolute emission
targets. Even though this approach may currently lack political acceptability, it offers
another analytical reference point for the political bargaining process on future
allocations.},
author = {Sven Bode},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {Q28; Q25; 330; allocation of GHG emission entitlements; Brazilian Proposal; CDM; Contraction & Convergence; equity; post 2012 climate regime; Klimaschutz; Emissionsrechte; Verantwortung; Gerechtigkeit; Sozialprodukt; Welt},
language = {eng},
number = {253},
title = {Equal emissions per capita over time : a proposal to combine responsibility and equity of rights},
type = {HWWA Discussion Paper},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19225},
year = {2003}
}
