Description: Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations : Two Dimensions of Vulnerability

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Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations : Two Dimensions of Vulnerability

Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon emissions. The authors distinguish bet...

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Main Authors:	Buys, Piet, Deichmann, Uwe, Meisner, Craig, Ton-That, Thao, Wheeler, David
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ABATEMENT COSTS AGRICULTURAL LAND ANIMAL MANURE AVAILABILITY BIOGAS CAPACITY FACTOR CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STORAGE CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL ASIAN CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN TECHNOLOGY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS CLIMATE ZONES CO2 CO2 EMISSIONS COAL COAL RESERVES COAL RESOURCES COASTAL STATES COLLECTION EFFICIENCY COMBUSTION CONVERSION EFFICIENCY DEFORESTATION DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DOMESTIC ENERGY DRILLING ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS LIMITS EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMPLOYMENT ENERGY ALTERNATIVES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY CONVERSION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY GENERATION ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY RESOURCES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY USE ETHANOL ETHANOL YIELD ETHANOL YIELDS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES FOSSIL FUEL USE FOSSIL FUELS FUEL MIX GAS FIELDS GDP GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES GEOTHERMAL SOURCES GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL POLLUTION GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEAT HEAT ENERGY HYDROCARBON SOURCES HYDROCARBONS IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY KYOTO PROTOCOL LATIN AMERICAN MANURE METEOROLOGY MIDDLE EAST NATURAL GAS NONRENEWABLE ENERGY NORTH AFRICA NOX OFFSHORE TURBINE OFFSHORE WIND OIL OIL EQUIVALENT OIL FIELDS OIL SHALE ONSHORE WIND PACIFIC REGION PER CAPITA INCOME PLANT BIOMASS POLLUTION POTENTIAL IMPACTS POWER GENERATION POWER PRODUCTION PRIMARY SOURCES PROGRAMS RECOVERABLE RESERVES REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES RENEWABLE RESOURCES RESTRICTIONS SAHEL SEA LEVEL RISE SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION SOLAR INSOLATION SOLAR RESOURCES SOLAR WATER HEATING SOUTH AMERICA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUGAR BEETS SUGAR CANE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TURBINE UNDERGROUND STORAGE URBAN AREAS VEGETATION WESTERN EUROPE WIND WIND ENERGY WIND INDUSTRY WIND POTENTIAL WIND POWER WIND RESOURCES WIND SPEED WIND TURBINE WIND-ENERGY WORLD ENERGY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8018994/country-stakes-climate-change-negotiations-two-dimensions-vulnerability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7500

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Summary:	Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon emissions. The authors distinguish between source and impact vulnerability and classify countries according to these dimensions. The findings show clear differences in the factors that determine likely negotiating positions. This analysis and the resulting detailed, country level information help to explain the incentives required to make the establishment of such agreements more likely.