1. Beyond Kyoto: Real Solutions to Greenhouse Emissions from Developing Countries
- Author:
- Roger Bate and David Montgomery
- Publication Date:
- 07-2004
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Abstract:
- Whether the Kyoto Protocol is ever ratified is fast becoming irrelevant. Many of the European nations that ratified the convention are failing to reach their targets, while developing countries, not required to comply with Kyoto, claim they will never participate in targets and timetables, as it would retard their economic growth. Given that developing countries are likely to emit well over half of future greenhouse gases (GHGs), a more promising strategy would be to devise an approach that limits emissions while helping development.
- Topic:
- Economics, Environment, Treaties and Agreements, and Third World
- Political Geography:
- Europe