Technology Deployment Agreements: Increasing Participation in Climate Cooperation ∗ (2011)
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@MISC{Urpelainen11technologydeployment,
author = {Johannes Urpelainen},
title = {Technology Deployment Agreements: Increasing Participation in Climate Cooperation ∗},
year = {2011}
}
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Abstract
The role of technology cooperation in international climate policy has drawn considerable attention in recent years. In this article, I examine the strategic benefits of a technology deployment agreement. I find that although technology deployment produces mostly private benefits for each country, a formal treaty can strategically increase global pollution abatement efforts. If technology deployment allows countries to credibly commit to pollution abatement, the international community can form two coalitions. One deploys the technology and then abates pollution, whereas the other only abates pollution. Empirically, a technology deployment agreement is useful and feasible when the total number of concerned countries is high and technology deployment is very costly but effective in reducing the cost of future pollution abatement. In addition to revealing a new strategic rationale for technology deployment agreements, I offer a nuanced analytical distinction between deployment versus research and development. For practical policy formation, I characterize the conditions and form of successful technology deployment cooperation.
Keyphrases
technology deployment agreement technology deployment climate cooperation concerned country future pollution abatement nuanced analytical distinction international climate policy formal treaty considerable attention deployment versus research global pollution abatement effort pollution abatement total number successful technology deployment cooperation technology cooperation strategic benefit new strategic rationale practical policy formation recent year international community private benefit
