Objetivo To examine the "joint implementation" of technical measures undertaken by European countries to abate the emissions of greenhouse gases and sulphur dioxide; to analyse issues related to accounting for emission reductions and costs and to assigning credit for emission reductions between countries.OBJECTIVES: To examine the "joint implementation" of technical measures undertaken by European countries to abate the emission of greenhouse gases and sulphur dioxide; to analyse issues related to accounting for emission reductions and costs and to assigning credit for emission reductions between countries. DESCRIPTION: The concept of "joint implementation" -or "actions implemented jointly"- has now entered the language of several key international environmental conventions, including the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and the Oslo Protocol on sulphur emissions. In brief, the language of these conventions allows that two or more parties may meet jointly their individual commitments to emission reductions under the Convention. Beyond this statement of intent, there is as yet no clear indication of how joint implementation is to operate. Critical questions remain about the appropriate means of accounting for emission reductions, and assigning credit for the emissions reductions to collaborating parties. This project gathers information relating to "pilot phase" joint implementation projects under the FCCC and the Oslo Protocol, with particular focus on collaborations between Northern and Eastern European partners. It carries out broad-based economic and technical analyses of these projects, examining questions of economic efficiency, environmental effectiveness, distributional impacts and institutional feasibility. It examines, in particular, the methodological difficulties of accounting for emission reductions against a counterfactual baseline, and the complexities associated with assigning credit to the "donor" for emission reductions implemented by the "host" nation.The use and relevance of integrated assessment models in addressing these questions is examined. The project reports on the findings of these analyses within the time-frame of joint implementation "pilot phases" in the FCCC, thereby informing national and European Union policy at a critical stage of international negotiations. Ámbito científico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programa(s) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Tema(s) 04 - Human dimensions of environmental change Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección GU2 7XH GUILDFORD Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (5) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo ENERGIEVERWERTUNGSAGENTUR - THE AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY Austria Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 18,Otto-Bauer-Gasse 6 1060 WIEN Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY Dinamarca Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Frederiksborgvej 399 4000 ROSKILDE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE Suecia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Lilla Nygatan 1 STOCKHOLM Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Swedish National Board for Industrialand Technical Development Suecia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 117 86 Stockholm Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos University of York Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Heslington YO1 5YW York Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
