The Club Approach: A Gateway to Effective Climate Co-operation?
- Although the Paris Agreement arguably made some progress, interest in supplementary approaches to climate change co-operation persist. This article examines the conditions under which a climate club might emerge and grow. Using agent-based simulations, it shows that even with less than a handful of major actors as initial members, a club can eventually reduce global emissions effectively. To succeed, a club must be initiated by the ‘right’ constellation of enthusiastic actors, offer sufficiently large incentives for reluctant countries and be reasonably unconstrained by conflicts between members over issues beyond climate change. A climate club is particularly likely to persist and grow if initiated by the United States and the European Union. The combination of club-good benefits and conditional commitments can produce broad participation under many conditions.
Author details: | Jon HoviGND, Detlef F. SprinzORCiDGND, Håkon SaelenORCiDGND, Arild UnderdalGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123416000788 |
ISSN: | 0007-1234 |
ISSN: | 1469-2112 |
Title of parent work (English): | British Journal of Political Science |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Place of publishing: | New York |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2019 |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Release date: | 2021/01/18 |
Tag: | UNFCCC; agent-based models; climate change co-operation; climate clubs; club goods; conditional commitments |
Volume: | 49 |
Issue: | 3 |
Number of pages: | 26 |
First page: | 1071 |
Last Page: | 1096 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Geowissenschaften |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |