Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75428 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 60.2013
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Our purpose is to analyse the effectiveness and efficiency of a Partial Climate Agreement with open entry under a non-cooperative Nash-Equilibrium framework. We evaluate a partial agreement policy in which non-signatory countries can decide to join or to leave a coalition of the willing at any point in time. By means of a simple analytical model and of a numerical integrated assessment model, we assess different coalition structures, and different minimum admission requirements. Our results indicate that a Partial Climate Agreement with open entry can be effective, achieving climate stabilization between 2C and 3C depending on the composition of the coalition of the willing. The policy turns out to be also rather efficient, with only minor losses with respect to a full cooperation agreement. Finally, we quantify the optimal admission requirement in about 40-50% of cumulative abatement.
Subjects: 
International Environmental Agreements
Non-Binding Targets
Voluntary Climate Change Actions
Optimal Mitigation Strategies
Fair Burden Sharing in Climate Negotiations
Carbon Leakage
JEL: 
C72
F18
Q54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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