Greening Global Value Chains: Innovation and the International Diffusion of Technologies and Knowledge

International audienceDistribution issues have been critical in international negotiations on climate change. These have been framed as a ‘burden sharing’ problem since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Three key difficulties are associated with this approach under a cap-and-trade system, namely the lack of consensus over what is equitable, uncertainty over estimates of policy costs, and lack of political realism and economic effectiveness of large-scale international transfers. These difficulties point to the risk of failure of post-2020 negotiations if these are based on the same premises of ‘sharing the emission reduction pie’ within a cap-and-trade regime. History has shown that different development paths can lead to similar economic performances with contrasted emission intensities. This paper proposes some insights into what could constitute a way forward, by recasting the discussion about emission reductions from a development perspective. It concludes that climate negotiations should depart from the current framework and shift to a debate focused on choosing a development path that would address domestic issues, while aligning pure climate policies with development policies. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

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Innovation and Technology Dissemination and Transfer in Low-Carbon Technology Markets: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights, Trade, and Other Enabling Factors

Lybecker

2014

SSRN Journal

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Greening Global Value Chains: Innovation and the International Diffusion of Technologies and Knowledge

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