SD-PAMs and international climate agreements
| dc.contributor.author | Baumert, Kevin A | |
| dc.contributor.author | Winkler, Harald | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-04T11:54:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-04T11:54:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-02-03T07:29:41Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | One of the most difficult challenges facing nations attempting to implement the Climate Convention is the integration of GHG considerations into national development programs. Building on Winkler et al. (2002), this chapter explores this challenge at the international level. Namely, how might an approach based on policies and measures be formalized and defined within a future international climate agreement? In other words, how might Parties develop a mechanism for formally recognizing and advancing the kinds of sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs) discussed in this volume? The approach outlined here proceeds along several steps. First, the international community would likely need to agree on general guidelines for what constitutes an “SD-PAM” that is eligible to be pledged under the UNFCCC. These basic definitional considerations are outlined in section 1. Second, a process would be needed whereby Parties would actually pledge eligible SD-PAMs. Such a process, discussed in section 2, could work in a variety of different ways, either as unilateral, mutual, or harmonized pledges. Third, once pledged, SD-PAMs could be recorded and tracked by the Convention Secretariat or other body (section 3). Fourth, a broader program of assessing progress would likely be needed, including reporting and review procedures (section 4). Finally, while this is essentially a qualitative approach, it is conceivable that it could incorporate a quantitative dimension, and perhaps also be integrated into the nascent international carbon market. Section 5 discusses issues and options regarding quantifying SD-PAMs. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Baumert, K. A., & Winkler, H. (2005). SD-PAMs and international climate agreements. <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Baumert-Winkler%20SD%20pams.pdf</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16737 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Baumert, Kevin A, and Harald Winkler "SD-PAMs and international climate agreements." <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Baumert-Winkler%20SD%20pams.pdf</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16737 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Baumert, K., & Winkler, H. (2005). Sustainable development policies and measures and international climate agreements. Growing in the greenhouse: Protecting the climate by putting development first. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1-56973-601-4 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Baumert, Kevin A AU - Winkler, Harald AB - One of the most difficult challenges facing nations attempting to implement the Climate Convention is the integration of GHG considerations into national development programs. Building on Winkler et al. (2002), this chapter explores this challenge at the international level. Namely, how might an approach based on policies and measures be formalized and defined within a future international climate agreement? In other words, how might Parties develop a mechanism for formally recognizing and advancing the kinds of sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs) discussed in this volume? The approach outlined here proceeds along several steps. First, the international community would likely need to agree on general guidelines for what constitutes an “SD-PAM” that is eligible to be pledged under the UNFCCC. These basic definitional considerations are outlined in section 1. Second, a process would be needed whereby Parties would actually pledge eligible SD-PAMs. Such a process, discussed in section 2, could work in a variety of different ways, either as unilateral, mutual, or harmonized pledges. Third, once pledged, SD-PAMs could be recorded and tracked by the Convention Secretariat or other body (section 3). Fourth, a broader program of assessing progress would likely be needed, including reporting and review procedures (section 4). Finally, while this is essentially a qualitative approach, it is conceivable that it could incorporate a quantitative dimension, and perhaps also be integrated into the nascent international carbon market. Section 5 discusses issues and options regarding quantifying SD-PAMs. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Baumert-Winkler%20SD%20pams.pdf LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 1-56973-601-4 T1 - SD-PAMs and international climate agreements TI - SD-PAMs and international climate agreements UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16737 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16737 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Baumert KA, Winkler H. SD-PAMs and international climate agreements. http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Baumert-Winkler%20SD%20pams.pdf. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16737. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | World Resources Institute report | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Energy Research Centre | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Baumert-Winkler%20SD%20pams.pdf | en_ZA |
| dc.title | SD-PAMs and international climate agreements | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | Sustainable Development | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | International Climate Agreements | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |