A Global Incentive Scheme to Reduce Carbon Emissions

This paper proposes an objective way of estimating and allocating "differentiated" responsibilities for carbon emissions across countries. These responsibilities translate into specific obligations and incentives for future emission reductions and support for adaptation, mitigation, and de...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lall, Somik V.
Other Authors: Rajan, Raghuram, Schoder, Christian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02993nmm a2200409 u 4500
001 EB002223231
003 EBX01000000000000001360191
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 240812 ||| eng
100 1 |a Lall, Somik V. 
245 0 0 |a A Global Incentive Scheme to Reduce Carbon Emissions  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c Somik V. Lall 
260 |a Washington, D.C  |b The World Bank  |c 2024 
300 |a 42 pages 
653 |a Natural Resources Management 
653 |a Carbon Emissions 
653 |a Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
653 |a Carbon Policy and Trading 
653 |a SDG 7 
653 |a Environment 
653 |a Sustainable Development Goals 
653 |a Global Carbon Reduction Incentive 
653 |a Life on Land 
653 |a International Finance Institutions 
653 |a Affordable and Clean Energy 
653 |a Global Warming 
653 |a Environmental Economics and Policies 
653 |a Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases 
653 |a Global Carbon Incentive 
700 1 |a Rajan, Raghuram 
700 1 |a Schoder, Christian 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b WOBA  |a World Bank E-Library Archive 
028 5 0 |a 10.1596/1813-9450-10759 
856 4 0 |u http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/1813-9450-10759  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a This paper proposes an objective way of estimating and allocating "differentiated" responsibilities for carbon emissions across countries. These responsibilities translate into specific obligations and incentives for future emission reductions and support for adaptation, mitigation, and development. The proposals in this paper should be seen as a starting point for an informed and productive debate. Under the Global Carbon Reduction Incentive, every country that emits more than the per capita global average pays into a global incentive fund. This annual payment will be calculated based on the "excess" emissions per capita, the country's population, and a dollar amount called the Global Carbon Incentive. Countries below the global per capita average would receive a payout commensurate with their "under-emission." The United States and China are the two biggest emitters and, assuming a Global Carbon Incentive of USD10, they jointly would contribute more than USD70 billion to the fund, from which nations such as India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia would be the major recipients. An important adjustment to the Global Carbon Reduction Incentive is to focus on consumption rather than production--a country should not avoid responsibility for the carbon it consumes by outsourcing production to another country. The proposal considers that countries that have used more of the collective carbon budget have benefited from the associated development and should pay for it. The proposal also considers methane emissions as well as crediting countries for their efforts toward preventing deforestation