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Global Challenges and the Need for International Cooperation in SEE. Dejan Erić Institute of Economic Science, Belgrade 18 th May 2010. So Many GLOBAL CHALANGES!?. Globalization Global warming Climate changes Urbanization…. Knowledge Management Long Life Learning
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Global Challenges and the Need for International Cooperation in SEE Dejan Erić Institute of Economic Science, Belgrade 18th May 2010
So Many GLOBAL CHALANGES!? • Globalization • Global warming • Climate changes • Urbanization…. • Knowledge Management • Long Life Learning • …. There are so complex problems – required interdisciplinary approach and complex solutions • Need for international cooperation
CLIMATE CHANGE • Natural Sciences - Physical aspects, Biological, …. • Social Sciences – Political, Legal, Economic,– Financial implications… • The Institutional Response – could be summarized in 3 basic ways: • Politics of Climate Change, • the Neo-Liberal Response, • the Kyoto Protocol
CLIMATE EXCHANGES • Kyoto protocol – 3 ways how to decrease emission: • Emissions trading • Clean Development Mechanism • Joint Implementation – JI Projects • One of the most important multinational trading systems - EU ETS - European Union Emissions Trading Scheme • For Climate Exchange – Underlying Assets = Rights to trade – so-called EmissionsTradingAllowances (EUAs) or Carbone crédits • 1 EUA = 1 tone of CO2
CLIMATE EXCHANGE • A couple of exchanges – Powernext, European Climate Exchange (ECX), Nordpool, Bluenext, Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) Australian Climate Exchange (ACX), Tianjin Climate Exchange (TCX) • Open issues: • Distribution by Countries • Distribution by Applications • Copenhagen Summit • New Limits • Carbon trading – is not just matter of one sciences… • There are so many reason for cooperation • We have just one world – the world without borders!!!