Jonas Meckling
Former Research Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, 20102012; Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, 20092010; Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 20072009
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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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.
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.
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.
AP Photo
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.
AP Photo
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.
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.
