CLIMATE POLICY
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Swedish Taellberg Foundation
Taellberg Paper on post-2012
climate policy
trust building between South and
North
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Dear colleagues,
Attached is a paper written for the Swedish Taellberg Foundation. It makes an attempt to provide a comprehensive account of the state of the problem in factual and diplomatic terms, outlines three possible scenarios post-2012, analyses a range of proposals for the future of the climate regime and proposes three essential building blocks for trust building between South and North. Its premise is the proposition that a solution to the climate problem will only be possible if industrialised countries, first, recognise their responsibility through their efforts to reduce emissions and, second, engage in serious and substantial financial (and other) support for reducing emissions and for their adaptation to the consequences of climate change.
Yours sincerely
Hermann E. Ott
Wuppertal Institut fuer Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH; Sitz der Gesellschaft/Registered Office: Wuppertal, Germany; Registergericht/Registered at: Amtsgericht Wuppertal, Germany; Eintragungs-Nr./Registration no.: HRB 7619; USt.-ID Nr./VAT ID No.: DE 121 091 633 Kaufmaennische Geschaeftsfuehrerin/Business Manager: Brigitte Mutert-Breidbach Praesident & wissenschaftlicher Geschaeftsfuehrer/ President and Chief Research Executive: Prof. Dr. Peter Hennicke Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender/Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Staatssekretaer/State Secretary Dr. Michael Stueckradt
Taellberg Paper on post-2012 climate policy
Contents:
Foreword by Anders Wijkman, MEP and Bo Ekman, Chairman Tällberg Foundation – page 2 Executive Summary – page 4 I. Introduction – page 7 II. Background – page 9 1. Climate change – facts and costs – page 9 2. Climate change – the diplomatic efforts – page 14 III. Scenarios of climate policy post-2012 – page 21 1. The business-as-usual scenario (nothing is done) – page 21 2. The structurally conservative scenario (the wrong things are done) – page 23 3. The eco-fair scenario (fast and equitable action) – page 26 IV. Overview of proposals post-2012 – page 29 V. Essential building blocks for the climate negotiations – page 35 VI. Conclusion – page 43 — Dr. Hermann E. Ott Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Head, Berlin Office Hackesche Höfe Rosenthaler Strasse 40/41 D – 10178 Berlin Germany Tel: *49-30-2809 5489 (Secr. -5494) Fax: *49-30-2809 4895 e-mail: Hermann.Ott@wupperinst.org http://www.wupperinst.org/en/contact/berlin_office/index.html Thinking Ahead #3: Environment and Justice. The ecological and the social – an attempt to define their relationship (in German) Public lecture by Dr. Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute Wuppertal Institute in cooperation with the Heinrich Boell-Foundation Tuesday, 23 Oktober 2007, 7pm Bank für Sozialwirtschaft 10178 Berlin, Oranienburger Str. 13/14 (no registration required) The report on the climate conferences and other articles on climate policy at: http://www.wupperinst.org/en/projects/topics_online/ nairobi_climate_change_conference/index.html A proposal by 14 scientists on the future of international climate policy, Ott et al.: “South-North dialogue on equity in the greenhouse.
A proposal for an adequate and equitable global climate agreement” is available at www.wupperinst.org/uploads/tx_wiprojekt/1085_proposal.pdf.
Taellberg Paper on post-2012 climate policy
Hermann Ott hermann.ott@wupperinst.org
Hermann Ott hermann.ott@wupperinst.org
Sunday, August 19, 2007
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