Country Stakes in Climate Change Negotiations : Two Dimensions of Vulnerability

Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon emissions. The authors distinguish between source and impact vulnerability and classify countries according to these dimensions. The findings show clear differences in the factors that determine likely negotiating positions. This analysis and the resulting detailed, country level information help to explain the incentives required to make the establishment of such agreements more likely.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Buys, Piet, Deichmann, Uwe, Meisner, Craig, Ton-That, Thao, Wheeler, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-08
Subjects:	ABATEMENT, ABATEMENT COSTS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, ANIMAL MANURE, AVAILABILITY, BIOGAS, CAPACITY FACTOR, CARBON, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON STORAGE, CENTRAL AMERICA, CENTRAL ASIAN, CLEAN ENERGY, CLEAN TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS, CLIMATE ZONES, CO2, CO2 EMISSIONS, COAL, COAL RESERVES, COAL RESOURCES, COASTAL STATES, COLLECTION EFFICIENCY, COMBUSTION, CONVERSION EFFICIENCY, DEFORESTATION, DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY, DOMESTIC ENERGY, DRILLING, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICITY, EMISSIONS LIMITS, EMISSIONS REDUCTION, EMPLOYMENT, ENERGY ALTERNATIVES, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY CONVERSION, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY GENERATION, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY USE, ETHANOL, ETHANOL YIELD, ETHANOL YIELDS, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS, FOSSIL FUEL RESOURCES, FOSSIL FUEL USE, FOSSIL FUELS, FUEL MIX, GAS FIELDS, GDP, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY, GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES, GEOTHERMAL SOURCES, GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS, GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL POLLUTION, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HEAT, HEAT ENERGY, HYDROCARBON SOURCES, HYDROCARBONS, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, KYOTO PROTOCOL, LATIN AMERICAN, MANURE, METEOROLOGY, MIDDLE EAST, NATURAL GAS, NONRENEWABLE ENERGY, NORTH AFRICA, NOX, OFFSHORE TURBINE, OFFSHORE WIND, OIL, OIL EQUIVALENT, OIL FIELDS, OIL SHALE, ONSHORE WIND, PACIFIC REGION, PER CAPITA INCOME, PLANT BIOMASS, POLLUTION, POTENTIAL IMPACTS, POWER GENERATION, POWER PRODUCTION, PRIMARY SOURCES, PROGRAMS, RECOVERABLE RESERVES, REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL, RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RESTRICTIONS, SAHEL, SEA LEVEL RISE, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL, SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION, SOLAR INSOLATION, SOLAR RESOURCES, SOLAR WATER HEATING, SOUTH AMERICA, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUGAR BEETS, SUGAR CANE, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE GRADIENT, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURBINE, UNDERGROUND STORAGE, URBAN AREAS, VEGETATION, WESTERN EUROPE, WIND, WIND ENERGY, WIND INDUSTRY, WIND POTENTIAL, WIND POWER, WIND RESOURCES, WIND SPEED, WIND TURBINE, WIND-ENERGY, WORLD ENERGY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8018994/country-stakes-climate-change-negotiations-two-dimensions-vulnerability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7500
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