The Persistence of the Kyoto Protocol
Why Other Annex I Countries Move on Without the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12754274 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jon Hovi (0000-0002-2330-7473, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, corresponding author), Tora Skodvin (0000-0001-6673-5016, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria), Steinar Andresen (Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2003-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1526-3800 • E-ISSN: 1536-0091 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/152638003322757907 |
| OpenAlex | W2158733372 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 15 |
The United States, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, is not going to ratify the Kyoto Protocol in the foreseeable future. Yet, a number of countries have decided to stay on the Kyoto track. Four main explanations for this apparent puzzle are considered. The first is that remaining Annex I countries still expect the Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming sufficiently to outweigh the economic costs of implementation. The second is that the parties, by implementing the treaty, hope to induce non-parties to follow suit at some later stage. A third hypothesis is that EU climate institutions have generated a momentum that has made a change of course difficult. Finally, Kyoto's persistence may be linked to the European Union's desire to stand forth as an international leader in the field of climate politics. We conclude that the first two explanations have little explanatory power, but find the latter two more promising
Climate change · Economics · Economy · Global warming · Greenhouse gas · International trade · Kyoto Protocol · Momentum (technical analysis · Persistence (discontinuity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Treaty · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Engineering · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,24 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |