Beyond Kyoto : energy dynamics and climate stabilisation /
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| Author / Creator: | Philibert, Cédric. |
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| Imprint: | [Paris, France] : OECD/International Energy Agency, [c2002] |
| Description: | 162 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4786084 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1.. Climate change and decision-making
- Reality of climate change
- Stabilisation dynamics
- Decision-making under uncertainty
- Certainty versus stringency
- 2.. Choices in the energy sector
- The predominance of energy-related emissions
- Energy savings come first
- Fuel switching
- Non-carbon emitting energy sources
- 3.. Current commitments
- The need for international co-operation
- The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol
- Likely effects of current commitments
- 4.. Inducing change
- Learning-by-doing
- Co-ordinated policies and measures
- Ancillary benefits and sustainable development
- Promises and limits of financial assistance and the Clean Development Mechanism
- 5.. Future Commitments: timing, allocation and structure
- Timing
- Allocation
- 6.. Options for future agreements
- Uncertainties are the problem
- The price cap
- Zero price cap: the non-binding target option
- The dynamic target option
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Certainty versus stringency
- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- References