Articles and papers from ECF-related projects and researchers.
by Carlo Jaeger and Julia Jaeger
Der Klimagipfel von Kopenhagen im Dezember 2009 markiert einen Wendepunkt in der globalen Klimapolitik. Die Hoffnung, zügig zu einem Abkommen zu kommen, das die weltweiten Emissionen von Treibhausgasen in absehbarer Zeit wirksam reduzieren könnte, hat sich zerschlagen. Doch das Elend von Kopenhagen hat auch sein Gutes: Die Erwartungen an die internationale Klimadiplomatie können gesenkt werden, sodass die Vielzahl an kompetenten und engagierten Regierungsvertretern, die es sehr wohl gibt, lösbare Aufgaben anpacken können; gleichzeitig können andere Zugänge zu einer globalen Emissionsreduktion gesucht werden, die weitere Akteure ins Spiel bringen.
August 2010
Full publication:
Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte: Klimawandel (32-33/2010 / August 9, 2010)
by Carlo Jaeger and Julia Jaeger
Limiting global warming to 2° Celsius above global mean temperature in pre-industrial times has become a widely debated possible goal for climate policy. It has been supported by many scientists, the European Union, the G8 and a whole series of national governments. However, some claim that it is way too stringent, others that it is not sufficient to avoid major climate risks. We show how the limit emerged out of a marginal remark in an early paper about climate policy and distinguish three possible views of it.
Version of December 10, 2009
by Carlo Jaeger
Der Klimawandel ist eine der großen globalen Herausforderungen der Gegenwart. In Deutschland wird jedoch eine wirksame Klimapolitik durch die wirtschaftliche Wachstumsschwäche und die damit verbundene Arbeitslosigkeit blockiert. Solange dieses Problem besteht, bleibt der Staat in wesentlichen Bereichen handlungsunfähig. Diese Lähmung verhindert auch weitgehend, dass die EU als Gestaltungsinstrument im globalen Rahmen genutzt werden könnte. Leider ist nicht zu erwarten, dass die gegenwärtige Beschäftigungs- und Klimapolitik zur Lösung des Problems genügen wird.
June 2006
by Carlo Jaeger and Michael Oppenheimer
The objective of this paper is to examine the feasibility of emissions pathways that would eventually stabilize atmospheric concentrations so as to avoid dangerous interference with the climate system. This stabilization goal is defined by the UN framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC), a piece of international law that has been ratified by most nations, including the US and the nations making up the EU. We discuss the specific options open to the US and the EU in working towards global emissions pathways to avoid dangerous climate change. On the basis of global assumptions about long term global concentration and temperature goals, therefore, we take a bilateral perspective: What are reasonable objectives for the US and the EU in view of this global problem?
June 2005
The European Climate Forum (ECF) is a mechanism to bring together representatives of different parties concerned with the climate problem: the coal, oil and gas industries, companies engaged in renewable energy technologies or the manufacture of energy-efficient products, major energy users (including transportation), insurance and finance sectors, environmental NGOs, and scientific experts investigating climate change and options for sustainable development.
2004
Initial Results of a Symposium on Key Vulnerable Regions, Climate Change and Article II of the UNFCCC, Buenos Aires.
December 2004
by Carlo Jaeger
in: David Michel (ed.) Climate Policy for the 21st Century. Meeting the long-term Challenge of Global Warming. Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C.
2004
by M. Welp, K. Hasselmann and C. C. Jaeger
The prospect of a major change in the earth's climate as a consequence of greenhouse gas emissions and other human actions presents one of the most demanding challenges facing humankind in the decades to come. How to cope with this problem, which will affect all regions of the world, remains an unsolved problem. It is clear that significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions will be needed. This will require the concerted action of many players in society in order to bring about the necessary changes in technological infrastructure, human behaviour and lifestyles which will be crucial for successful mitigation and adaptation strategies.
February 2003
August 2-13, 2010,
Beijing Normal University/China
An International Conference
Berlin, November 5-6, 2009
European Climate Forum-Transport Group
June 21-22, 2010
Bergen, Norway
