KYOTO PROTOCOL AND POST-KYOTO OPTIONS
2003
"Increasing Participation and Compliance in International Climate Change Agreements"
Journal Article, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, volume 3
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Assesses from an economics perspective policy approaches to increasing participation and compliance in international climate agreements.
October 2001
Climate Change: An Agenda for Global Collective Action
Conference Paper
By Joseph Aldy, Former Co-Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Peter R. Orszag
Prepared for the conference on "The Timing of Climate Change Policies," Pew Center on Global Climate Change, October 2001.
Winter 2001/02
"Beyond bin Laden: Reshaping U.S. Foreign Policy"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 26
By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
"The terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon triggered the most rapid and dramatic change in the history of U.S. foreign policy."
2000
"Climate Change and Forest Sinks: Factors Affecting the Costs of Carbon Sequestration"
Journal Article, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Examines the sensitivity of carbon sequestration costs to changes in critical factors, including the nature of management and deforestation regimes, silvicultural species, relative prices, and discount rates.
September 1999
"The Costs of Carbon Sequestration: A Revealed-Preference Approach"
Journal Article, American Economic Review, issue 4, volume 89
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Increased attention by policy makers to the threat of global climate change has brought with it considerable attention to the possibility of encouraging the growth of forests as a means of sequestering carbon dioxide. This paper demonstrates a methodology whereby reliable estimates of the costs of carbon sequestration can be developed on the basis of revealed-preference evidence from observations of landowners' behavior when confronted with the opportunity costs of alternative land uses.
November 1998
"A Methodological Investigation of the Costs of Carbon Sequestration"
Journal Article, Journal of Applied Economics, issue 2, volume 1
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
This paper develops a methodology whereby estimates of the costs of carbon sequestration can be developed on the basis of evidence from observations of landowners' behavior when confronted with the opportunity costs of alternative land uses.
January 1997
Policy Instruments for Climate Change: How Can National Governments Address a Global Problem?
Journal Article, University of Chicago Legal Forum
There continues to be a great debate about the desirability of taking actions to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions, but it is important to consider policy instruments that can be employed to meet targets that may eventually be forthcoming
December 1996
Review of Valuing Climate Change by Samuel Fankhuser
Journal Article, Journal of Economic Literature, issue 4, volume 23
