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Referenztyp Berichte
URL http://hdl.handle.net/10419/60232
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Titel (primär) Which mode of funding developing countries' climate policies under the post-Kyoto framework?
Autor Heuson, C.; Peters, W.; Schwarze, R.; Topp, A.-K.
Quelle UFZ Discussion Papers
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
Department OEKON
Band/Volume 10/2012
Seite bis 19
Sprache englisch
Keywords adaptation; climate policy; funding; mitigation; non-cooperative behaviour
Abstract

Funding developing countries’ climate policies after Cancun (COP16) has a dual goal: firstly, to support mitigation of developing countries in order to sustain the two-degree pathway of stabilis-ing the global mean temperature; secondly, to empower the vulnerable countries in low-income regions to adapt to and recover from the most adverse impacts of climate change. So far, the political and scientific discussion has mainly concentrated on the appropriate level of funding. Referring to the newly emerging climate finance architecture under the post-Kyoto framework, this paper argues that a stronger focus must be put on the question: which mode of funding to choose? This is for the reason that the currently discussed funding instruments, such as earmarking of industrialised coun-tries’ transfer payments to developing countries for reducing loss and damages, mitigation, or adap-tation costs, may cause fundamental changes in the countries’ strategic behaviour concerning mitiga-tion and adaptation efforts. Moreover, some of the instruments fall short of a minimum requirement for the donors to voluntarily provide means, and thus cannot guarantee sustained funding. We de-velop our results in a non-cooperative two-country framework in which donor and recipient decide on mitigation in the first, and on adaptation in the second stage of the game.

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Heuson, C., Peters, W., Schwarze, R., Topp, A.-K. (2012):
Which mode of funding developing countries' climate policies under the post-Kyoto framework?
UFZ Discussion Papers 10/2012
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig, 19 pp.