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Climate policy challenges after the Kyoto Protocol enters into force

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The Kyoto Protocol on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions can finally come into force now that Russia has signed it. What has been the trend of emissions in the individual industrial countries in recent years? What options do the countries have? What EU strategy should be chosen for the coming negotiations on the climate regime after 2012?

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Michaelowa, A. Climate policy challenges after the Kyoto Protocol enters into force. Intereconomics 39, 332–336 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03031719

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