National climate policies in international comparison: The Climate Change Cooperation Index

被引:58
作者
Bernauer, Thomas [1 ]
Boehmelt, Tobias [1 ]
机构
[1] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, Ctr Comparat & Int Studies CIS, IED, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
Climate change; Climate policy; Climate Change Cooperation Index; Climate Change Performance Index; POLITICAL-INSTITUTIONS; INVISIBLE HAND; PUBLIC-GOODS; DEMOCRACY; ORGANIZATIONS; RATIFICATION; CONVENTION; ECONOMICS;
D O I
10.1016/j.envsci.2012.09.007
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Valid and reliable measurement of countries' climate policy performance is important both for policy-making and analytical purposes. The authors contribute to this end by introducing a new dataset that offers such information for up to 172 countries for the time period 1996-2008. Their Climate Change Cooperation Index (C3-I) captures overall performance as well as performance in terms of political behavior (output) and emissions (outcome). The C3-I, thus, allows for a systematic global comparison of countries' climate policies. The paper also compares the C3-I with its most relevant alternative, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) by Germanwatch. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:196 / 206
页数:11
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