Sustainable climate treaties

Sustainable climate treaties / Hans Gersbach, Noemi Hummel and Ralph Winkler.CER-ETH, Jun 2011, 40 p. ( Working Paper 11/146)

http://www.cer.ethz.ch/research/WP-11-146.pdf

We examine a global refunding scheme for mitigating climate change. Countries pay an initial fee into a global fund that is invested in long-run assets. In each period, part of the fund is distributed among the participating countries in relation to the emission reductions they have achieved in this period. We identify two possible types of sustainable treaty. A first-best sustainable treaty involves varying amounts of refunded wealth and a minimal amount of initial fees inducing socially desirable abatement efforts in each period. In a second-best sustainable treaty with only two parameters – optimally selected initial fees and constant refunds equal to the interest earned on the fund – the stock of greenhouse gases converges to the socially optimal stock. Finally, we suggest ways for countries to raise money for the payment of initial fees that are neutral to tax payers and international capital markets.



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Danièle Revel (2011, 2 novembre). Sustainable climate treaties. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 29 mars 2024, à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/o98g

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