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The academic world has been accused of making contributions to the discussion on the Post-Kyoto architecture and climate change finance that are more often than not overly idealistic and therefore not politically realistic or feasible. However, this is changing as more and more people with both academic and political experience and knowledge are entering the debate. This development has been most marked in the United States, but it is happening on a global scale as well.

This page aims to present some of the most up-to-date and realistic and consequently important and useful academic contributions to the debate climate change finance and the Post-Kyoto architecture. All research that is clearly significantly biased towards the interests of one party or another (e.g. the developing countries, the US etc.) is simply excluded, as it is not helping the process of creating a meaningful Post-Kyoto agreement  (in fact, it is hindering it). Comments are welcome.

From the United States:

Aldy, Joseph H. :

"Designing the Post-Kyoto Climate Regime: Lessons from the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements". An Interim Progress Report for the 14th Conference of the Parties, Framework Convention on Climate Change, Poznan, Poland, December 2008. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements, With R. N. Stavins. November 24, 2008.

"Thirteen Plus One: A Comparison of Global Climate Policy Architectures".Joseph E. Aldy, Scott Barrett, and Robert N. Stavins. Climate Policy, 2003 Vol. 3, No. 4,  pp. 373-397.

Bodansky, Daniel M.:

"International Climate Efforts Beyond 2012: A Survey of Approaches."(Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2004) (with contributions from Sophie Chou and Christie Jorge-Tresolini).

Nordhaus, William D. :

“After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming,”  American Economic Review, vol. 96, no. 2, May 2006, pp. 31-34.

Stavins, Robert N. :

"A Meaningful U.S. Cap-and-Trade System to Address Climate Change".  Harvard Environmental Law Review 32(2008): 293-371.

"Climate Policy Architectures for the Post-Kyoto World". Environment 50(2008), May, number, 3, pp. 6-17.  With J.E. Aldy.

Victor, David G.:

"Global Warming Policy After Kyoto: Rethinking Engagement with Developing Countries." Program on Energy and Sustainable Development Working Paper #82, January 28, 2009.

From Europe:

Stern, Nicholas:

Review on the Economics of Climate Change, H.M. Treasury, United Kingdom, October 2006. See also this comprehensive Wikipedia link.

Gersbach, Hans:

"A New Way to Address Climate Change: A Global Refunding System", The Economists' Voice, 5(4), 2008, Article 2.

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