A Polycentric Approach for Coping with Climate Change

This paper proposes an alternative approach to addressing the complex problems of climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The author, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, argues that single policies adopted only at a globa...

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Main Author:	Ostrom, Elinor
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT ADAPTATION FINANCING AFFORESTATION AFFORESTATION EFFORTS AIR AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY STANDARDS ALLOWANCE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ATMOSPHERE AUCTION AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE USE BICYCLE PATHS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BUS CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CAR CARBON CARBON ACCOUNTING CARBON CREDITS CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON LEAKAGE CARBON MARKET CARBON NEUTRAL CARBON OFFSETS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STORAGE CARBON TRADING CARS CERTIFIED EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CHEMICALS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE PROTECTION CLIMATE SCIENCE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS CLOUD COVER CO2 COAL COMMON PROPERTY CONGESTION CONGESTION CHARGE COST SAVINGS CRITICAL SURVEY CROSSING DEBT DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT RATES DRIVING ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECOLOGICAL OUTCOMES ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ECOSYSTEM EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY USE EMISSION EMISSION ALLOWANCES EMISSION TRENDS EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY TAXES ENERGY USE ENTITLEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EQUILIBRIUM EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXTERNAL COSTS EXTERNALITIES EXTREME EVENTS FARMS FISH FISHERIES FISHERIES MANAGEMENT FISHERS FISHING FLEETS FOREST FOREST CARBON FOREST COMMUNITY FOREST CONDITIONS FOREST DEGRADATION FOREST ECOLOGY FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRES FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST OWNERSHIP FOREST PEOPLE FOREST PRODUCTION FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST RESOURCES FOREST SECTOR FORESTRY FORESTS FOSSIL FUELS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FREE RIDERS FUEL GLACIERS GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREEN HOUSE GAS GREEN HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS HEATING SYSTEMS HIGH OCCUPANCY TOLL HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HUMAN BEHAVIOR IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE INCOME IRON JOBS LAND ECONOMICS LOW-CARBON LOWER COSTS MARKET ECONOMIES MASS TRANSIT NATURAL RESOURCES OCEANS OIL PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PARTICULATES PERFECT INFORMATION PERVERSE SUBSIDIES PHOTOVOLTAICS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION LEVELS PORTFOLIO POWER GENERATION POWER SECTOR PRIVATE COSTS PRIVATE GOODS PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PROPERTY OWNERS PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SAFETY QUALITY STANDARDS QUOTAS REBATES RECYCLING REDUCING EMISSIONS REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS REGIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INITIATIVE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AGENDA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESOURCE USE RETROFITTING RIDER RURAL COMMUNITIES SEA LEVELS SOLAR POWER STORMS TAX TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TIMBER TRADEOFFS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAFFIC LEVELS TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH TRAVELERS UNCERTAINTIES VEHICLE VEHICLE LANES VEHICLE TRIPS VEHICLES WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WIND
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A Polycentric Approach for Coping with Climate Change

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