Mailing address
Littauer P-16
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 53
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Jonas Meckling
Research Fellow, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Contact:
Telephone: 617-496-6743
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: jonas_meckling@hks.harvard.edu
Experience
Jonas Meckling is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations and a Master's degree in Environment and Development — both from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Jonas' research focuses on international climate politics, market-based environmental governance, and multinational corporations. His doctoral project examined the global rise of carbon trading as the primary response to global climate change. The particular focus lay on the role of business groups in the diffusion process. In addition, he has been researching sectoral approaches to a post-Kyoto climate policy framework as a way to engage major developing countries in a future climate regime. Jonas was a McCloy Fellow in Environmental Affairs at the American Council on Germany and a Visiting Scholar at the George Washington University Business School. Before joining academia, Jonas worked for the European Commission on international environmental policy.
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2009
"Sectoral Approaches for a Post-2012 Climate Regime: A Taxonomy"
Journal Article, Climate Policy, issue 6, volume 9
By Jonas Meckling, Research Fellow, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements and Gu Yoon Chung
Sectoral approaches have been gaining currency in the international climate debate as a possible remedy to the shortfalls of the Kyoto Protocol. Proponents argue that a sector-based architecture can more easily invite the participation of developing countries, address competitiveness issues, and enable immediate emissions reductions. However, given the numerous proposals, much confusion remains as to what sectoral approaches actually are. This article provides a simple, yet comprehensive, taxonomy of the various proposals for sectoral approaches.
January 27, 2009
International Climate Policy for a Post-Kyoto World: Understanding Sectoral Approaches
Presentation
By Jonas Meckling, Research Fellow, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements and Gu Yoon Chung
In this presentation, Meckling and Chung identify types of sectoral approaches and their analysis of the politics behind key proposals.
January 14, 2009
"Sectoral Approaches to International Climate Policy: A Typology and Political Analysis"
Discussion Paper
By Jonas Meckling, Research Fellow, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements and Gu Yoon Chung
This paper presents a study of sectoral approaches to climate change that have been gaining currency in the international debate as a possible remedy to the shortfalls of the Kyoto Protocol.
2008
"Corporate Policy Preferences in the EU and the US: Emissions Trading as the Climate Compromise?"
Journal Article, Carbon and Climate Law Review, issue 2/2008
By Jonas Meckling, Research Fellow, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Since the agreement of the Kyoto Protocol, business in the EU and the US has been split over the course of climate policy. This article reviews the regulatory preferences of major business associations on both sides of the Atlantic, and assesses whether the transatlantic gap on corporate positioning on climate change is actually narrowing and what the compromise solution might be.
November 20, 2007
The Rise of Market Mechanisms in Global Climate Politics: Examining the Political Role of American and European Companies
Presentation
By Jonas Meckling, Research Fellow, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Meckling presented his research on why emissions trading has come to be the preferred policy choice for tackling climate change.
