Jonas Meckling
Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
Experience
Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
Current Affiliation: Senior Adviser to the German Government on Transatlantic Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany
June 8, 2012
Harvard/Rice Study Explores Scenarios for Future of Natural Gas
Report
By Jonas Meckling, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
On May 9 and 10, the Geopolitics of Natural Gas study had its third workshop to develop scenarios for the geopolitics of natural gas. This time the members of the two-year joint Harvard/Rice project met at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston. The two-day session brought together experts on major gas producer and consumer countries, economists specialized in world gas modelling and industry representatives.
October 2011
Carbon Coalitions: Business, Climate Politics, and the Rise of Emissions Trading
Book
By Jonas Meckling, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
Over the past decade, carbon trading has emerged as the industrialized world's primary policy response to global climate change despite considerable controversy. With carbon markets worth $144 billion in 2009, carbon trading represents the largest manifestation of the trend toward market-based environmental governance. In Carbon Coalitions, Jonas Meckling presents the first comprehensive study on the rise of carbon trading and the role business played in making this policy instrument a central pillar of global climate governance.
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May 2011
"The Globalization of Carbon Trading: Transnational Business Coalitions in Climate Politics"
Journal Article, Global Environmental Politics, issue 2, volume 11
By Jonas Meckling, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
Over the last decade, carbon trading has emerged as the policy instrument of choice in the industrialized world to address global climate change. This paper argues that a transnational business coalition, representing mostly energy firms and energy-intensive manufacturers, actively promoted the global rise of carbon trading. In this process, business could draw on the support of government allies and business-oriented environmental groups, particularly in the UK and the US.
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December 6, 2010
"Governments Should Seize on Business Support for Climate Deal"
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Jonas Meckling, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
"...[T]he corporate winners of a green economy have emerged as a force in climate politics, throwing their weight behind a deal. If a price is put on carbon dioxide emissions, producers of low-carbon technologies are likely to experience an increase in demand for their products. Moreover, cap-and-trade schemes a key pillar of climate policies around the globe create new commodity markets in their own rights. In 2009, the global carbon market was worth $144 billion, and it is expected to grow exponentially over the coming decade. In particular financial services providers, accountants and lawyers have taken great interest in the carbon gold rush."
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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, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009 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.
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May 2009
Global Sectoral Industry Approaches to Climate Change
Report
By Jonas Meckling, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
In this paper, Jonas Meckling assesses the two types of sectoral approach advocated by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development: voluntary sectoral target setting and sectoral industry technology cooperation against the criteria of environmental effectiveness and global equity.
January 27, 2009
International Climate Policy for a Post-Kyoto World: Understanding Sectoral Approaches
Presentation
By Jonas Meckling, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009 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, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009 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, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
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, Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
Meckling presented his research on why emissions trading has come to be the preferred policy choice for tackling climate change.
