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On the politics of climate change - is there and East-West divide?

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  • David L. Ellison

    (Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

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Several months ago when the author started writing this paper, its principal goal was to point out some of the inequities in the European Union’s 2020 Climate Change Package and attempt to explain why this happens. Since then, spearheaded by Hungary, seven of the new EU member states have filed a formal complaint with the European Commission, contesting the 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets set out in that policy proposal. Thus this paper now also serves as an explanation for why these countries might choose to do that.

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  • David L. Ellison, 2008. "On the politics of climate change - is there and East-West divide?," IWE Working Papers 181, Institute for World Economics - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
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    1. Saikku, Laura & Rautiainen, Aapo & Kauppi, Pekka E., 2008. "The sustainability challenge of meeting carbon dioxide targets in Europe by 2020," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(2), pages 730-742, February.
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    2. David L. Ellison & Attila Hugyecz, 2008. "An initial investigation of the EU's 2020 climate change package and its potential domestic impact," IWE Working Papers 186, Institute for World Economics - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.

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