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Effects of Kyoto Commitments on Emissions and Carbon Footprints

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  • Rahel Aichele
  • Gabriel Felbermayr

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A stricter climate policy in one part of the world can lead to the transfer of comparative advantages and thus to a shift in the production of particularly CO2-intensive goods to countries with laxer climate policies. The analysis of a databank with the footprints of 40 countries shows that countries which have signed up to the Kyoto commitments have reduced their emissions by 7%. However, this has no impact on their carbon footprint. The total quantity of emissions creased by consumption in Kyoto countries did not decrease compared to the CO2 consumption in non-Kyoto countries. This means that emissions were transferred abroad and shows that a unilateral climate policy in a globalized world is not effective. An effective climate policy presupposes that all countries commit to a global climate agreement.

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  • Rahel Aichele & Gabriel Felbermayr, 2011. "Effects of Kyoto Commitments on Emissions and Carbon Footprints," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 64(22), pages 23-26, November.
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    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth

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