TITLE

Global warming negotiations

AUTHOR(S)

Young, H.P.; Wolfberg, A.

PUB. DATE

March 1992

SOURCE

Brookings Review;Spring92, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p46

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

States that at the center of the global warming negotiations are issues of sharing the costs and responsibilities for reducing risk: the equity and fairness of a cost-sharing plan. What to do about global warming; Emissions taxes; Assessments; Permits and quotas; Who gets how much; A compromise proposal; Implications for global warming negotiations; The role of equity in an agreement.

ACCESSION #

9204200759

Tags: GREENHOUSE effect (Atmosphere)

 

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