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The role for ‘community’ in carbon governance

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2011

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Walker, Gordon, 2011, The role for ‘community’ in carbon governance: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, v. 2, iss. 5, p. 777-782.

Summary

In building a governance regime to address climate change, should we prioritize the development of global institutions or national ones? This paper focuses on two neglected characteristics to inform the governance problem: the incentives for investment in low-carbon energy technology and the influence of historical policy volatility. Examining a case study of an important low-carbon energy technology, wind power, this study finds: (1) policy volatility has been substantial, (2) policy changes were uncorrelated across jurisdictions, suggesting that (3) investors could have substantially reduced their exposure to the risk of policy volatility by operating globally. While it also has downsides, a poorly coordinated international policy [...]

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Walker, Gordon

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ISSN WECC 17577780

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