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Climate Change, Mitigation, and Developing Country Growth

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dc.contributor.authorSpence, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-28T18:55:23Z
dc.date.available2017-08-28T18:55:23Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis paper deals with global mitigation strategy. More specifically the main purpose is to address the question of whether growth in the developing world is consistent with long?run climate change objectives. The first part of this paper lays out time paths for emissions for countries in various categories. These paths are consistent with countries' growth objectives, incomes, and capacity to absorb mitigation costs. The intent is to show that while global emissions are likely to remain flat or even to rise as a result of the combined effect of mitigation undertaken by advanced countries and growth in the developing world, eventually reasonably safe global per capita levels can be reached on a 50?year time horizon. The second part of this paper discusses countries' roles in relation to different categories and mechanisms that will support the achievement of safe emissions paths. These mechanisms create incentives and deal with the absorption of costs. In particular, the paper argues that a carbon credit trading system in the advanced countries, combined with an effective cross?border mechanism and a 'graduation' criterion for developing countries to join the advanced group, will create strong incentives, achieve a fair pattern of cost absorption, and support the dynamics described in part one. One point emerges clearly: the cross?border mechanism (or international offsets) is essential in dealing with both the efficiency and the cost absorption and equity challenges of a global mitigation strategy.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/409651468336028098/Climate-change-mitigation-and-developing-country-growth
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/28022
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/28022
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCommission on Growth and Development Working Paper;No. 64
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectABSORPTION
dc.subjectADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectADVANCED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectADVANCED COUNTRY
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECTS
dc.subjectAFFORESTATION
dc.subjectAGGREGATE CARBON
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectALLOCATION
dc.subjectAPPROACH
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectAVAILABILITY
dc.subjectBOTTOM LINE
dc.subjectCAPITAL FLOWS
dc.subjectCAPITAL INVESTMENT
dc.subjectCAPITAL STOCK
dc.subjectCAPS
dc.subjectCAR
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON ABATEMENT
dc.subjectCARBON CAPTURE
dc.subjectCARBON CREDIT
dc.subjectCARBON CREDITS
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subjectCARBON INTENSITY
dc.subjectCARBON MARKET
dc.subjectCARBON MITIGATION
dc.subjectCARBON PRICE
dc.subjectCARBON TAXES
dc.subjectCARBON TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCARBON TRADING
dc.subjectCLEAN ENERGY
dc.subjectCLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCLEANER TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOLORS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE
dc.subjectCONVERGENCE
dc.subjectCOST STRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOUNTRY CASE STUDIES
dc.subjectDERIVATIVES MARKETS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING ECONOMIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING ECONOMY
dc.subjectDIVERGENCE
dc.subjectDOMESTIC OFFSETS
dc.subjectDYNAMICS OF GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC CRISIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subjectEMISSION LEVELS
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTION
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAM
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS GROWTH
dc.subjectEMISSIONS LEVELS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS PATHS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS TARGETS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY COSTS
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectENERGY POLICIES
dc.subjectENERGY PRICES
dc.subjectENERGY PRICING
dc.subjectENERGY SAVING TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectENERGY SUBSIDIES
dc.subjectENERGY USAGE
dc.subjectENERGY USE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
dc.subjectFINANCIAL MARKETS
dc.subjectFISCAL POLICIES
dc.subjectFIXED COSTS
dc.subjectFOSSIL
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL PRICES
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectFUEL PRICES
dc.subjectFUTURE PRICE
dc.subjectFUTURES
dc.subjectGLOBAL CARBON EMISSION
dc.subjectGLOBAL CARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectGLOBAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectGLOBAL EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectGLOBAL EMISSION
dc.subjectGLOBAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKET
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCENTIVE STRUCTURE
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL MARKETS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL OFFSETS
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectMARGINAL COST
dc.subjectMARGINAL COSTS
dc.subjectMARKET PRICE
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectNUCLEAR ENERGY
dc.subjectNUCLEAR POWER
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectOIL COMPANY
dc.subjectOIL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectOUTPUT
dc.subjectPARTICULAR COUNTRY
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE MEASURES
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPRICE SIGNAL
dc.subjectPRICE VOLATILITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC UTILITY
dc.subjectRADIATION
dc.subjectRATE OF GROWTH
dc.subjectREDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectREFLECTIVITY
dc.subjectRISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRISK REDUCTION
dc.subjectRISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectSCENARIOS
dc.subjectSMALL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectTA
dc.subjectTAX
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectTOTAL COST
dc.subjectTOTAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectTRADABLE CARBON
dc.subjectTRADING SYSTEM
dc.subjectTURNOVER
dc.subjectVEHICLES
dc.titleClimate Change, Mitigation, and Developing Country Growthen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.date.disclosure2010-12-10
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-15T11:09:03.534241Z
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/409651468336028098/Climate-change-mitigation-and-developing-country-growth
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okr.topicEnergy::Energy Production and Transportation
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Climate Change Economics
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.unitPoverty Reduction and Equity (PRMPR)
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