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This stakeholder meeting discusses the challenge of increasing participation in post-2012 climate policy for the EU. The meeting explores different forms of participation, cost implications, building broad involvement, and incentives for participation. It also highlights the importance of the climate architecture, technology, and ambition level. The meeting addresses the questions of who, when, how, and what regarding participation in climate policy.
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The Participation challenge • Different forms of participation • Cost implication of participation • How to build broad participation • Incentives for participation/disincentives Post-2012 Climate policy for the EU – Stakeholder meeting 22 November 2004
The Participation challenge • Closely linked with the architecture of the climate regime • . . . and technology • . . . And the level of ambition!
Who? When? How? What?How much Participation:Who? When? How? What? Post-2012 Climate policy for the EU – Stakeholder meeting 22 November 2004
Participation: How? • absolute caps • emissions intensity target • project mechanisms • other? • Post-2012 Climate policy for the EU – Stakeholder meeting 22 November 2004
Participation: When? • Immediately (2013 - ) • Later • Gradual • top-down / bottom-up • Post-2012 Climate policy for the EU – Stakeholder meeting 22 November 2004
Participation: Who? • “Global participation” • “Major emitters” • “Industrialised countries” (with/without US) • “Coalition of the willing” • “EU alone” Post-2012 Climate policy for the EU – Stakeholder meeting 22 November 2004
Participation: Why? • Global public good – free riding • Incentives and/or sanctions • Improved CDM and/or trading • Role of financial institutions • Ancillary benefits • Technology co-operation & transfer • Post-2012 Climate policy for the EU – Stakeholder meeting 22 November 2004
Messages • EU credibility – implementation • EU leadership • US • Fast-growing emerging economies