Title: Note: the Kyoto instruments: are they adequate for achieving the stabilisation of carbon dioxide concentrations?

Authors: Bruce C. Cohen

Addresses: Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302 (W.B.), India. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721 302 (W.B.), India

Abstract: It is argued that reaching stabilisation of carbon dioxide concentrations will require new policy instruments. The Kyoto instruments, while they serve to begin the process of emissions reductions, are only a first step in a process that will span many decades at a minimum. The new instruments should be directly aimed at R&D for developing the new non-carbon sources of energy.

Keywords: IPCC; Kyoto; targets and instruments; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2002.000672

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2002 Vol.17 No.3, pp.275-278

Published online: 14 Jul 2003 *

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