Changing climate-protection policies
Creators
Description
This article presents an interview with Baldur Eliasson, a Swiss member of the International Energy Agency's committee on greenhouse gas reduction. Swiss involvement in the programme is discussed and the main areas of attention are described. Scientific and political factors involved in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions are discussed and various economic models for the implementation of measures examined. In particular, the co-operation between industry and politics that is necessary to achieve the goals set by the Kyoto protocol on climate change are discussed and participative development projects in China are described. The application of CO2-pricing and further economical steering instruments is examined and the influence of public opinion on policy is looked at
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Klimapolitik im Wandel: Blick hinter die Kulissen internationaler Zusammenarbeit
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Bulletin des Schweizerischen Elektrotechnischen Vereins und des Verbandes Schweizerischer Elektrizitaetswerke
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Page Range
- p. 31-34
- ISSN
- 1420-7028
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 33026715
- Subject category
- S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC POLICY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; KYOTO PROTOCOL; PUBLIC OPINION; SWITZERLAND
- Descriptors DEC
- AGREEMENTS; ASIA; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; WESTERN EUROPE