Sharing R&D Investments in Cleaner Technologies to Mitigate Climate Change
This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. It
This paper examines international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on GHG emission reductions. It
In this Belfer Center’s paper, the authors argue that when a subgroup of countries cooperate on emission reduction, the optimal response of non-signatories countries reflects the interaction between three potentially opposing factors, the incentive to free-ride on the benefits of cooperation, the incentive to expand the demand of fossil fuels, and the incentive to adopt cleaner technologies introduced by the coalition.