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FROM VOLUME 6, NUMBER 6, JUNE 1993
NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL POLICY PAPERS
Following are some recent
publications of the Energy, Environment and Development (EED) Program, carried
out jointly by three Norwegian groups: the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, the Center
for Economic Analysis, and Energy Data. The program studies factors influencing
sustainable development and global environmental change at the national and
international levels, such as the opportunities and limitations of international
institutions, and strategies to overcome North/South conflicts. The following
papers may be ordered from the Nansen Inst., POB 326, N-1324 Lysaker, Norway
(fax: +47-22-125047). Price NOK 120 each except as noted (50% off for students,
academic institutions), plus postage.
Africa's Response to Climate Change: The Role of Governments, Societies
and External Actors (Rep. 1993/6), E.O. Eleri, 80 pp. Includes general
observations plus case studies of Nigeria and Zimbabwe.
U.S. Climate Policy: Ideology versus Pragmatism (Rep. 1993/3), S.
Andresen, 42 pp. Discusses the myths and facts about the perception of the U.S.
as an environmental laggard, and considers future U.S. greenhouse policy.
The Climate Policy of the EC--Too Hot to Handle? A Study of Interests
and Preferences versus EC Problem-Solving Capacity, (Rep. 1993/2), J.B. SkjŠrseth,
88 pp. An extensive analysis of why EC policy has not become stronger over time.
U.S. Energy Policy in the Greenhouse: "From the North Slope Forests
to the Gulf Stream Waters--This Land Was Made for Fossil Fuels?" (Rep.
1993/1), P.O. Eikeland, 100 pp. Examines the recent history of the U.S. National
Energy Strategy, and prospects for future U.S. energy policy.
Impacts on Developing Economies from Changing Trade Regimes and Growing
International Environmental Concerns (Rep. 1992/14), S. Hansen, 28
Japan in the Greenhouse: Responsibilities, Policies and Prospects for
Combating Global Warming (Rep. 1992/13), G. Fermann, 74 pp. Examines whether
a Japanese policy toward global warming exists, the factors and processes that
have influenced policymaking on the topic, and how those determinants will
affect future policy.
Choosing Climate Policy: Decision Theoretical Premises (Rep.
1992/10), R. Malnes, 30 pp. Applies decision theory to develop basic premises
for ascertaining what we ought to do about the climate change problem in light
of what we know and do not know.
A Review and Comparison of CO2 Taxes in the Nordic Countries (Rep.
1992/6), T. Haugland, ┼. Lunde, K. Roland, 30 pp.
Funding for the Global Environment: The Issue of Additionality (Rep.
1992/4), O. Kjfrven, A.K. Sydnes, 30 pp. Examines how selected OECD countries
have chosen to finance assistance to developing countries: whether they are
providing additional funds beyond existing development assistance, a
principle of great importance to developing countries in climate negotiations.
Discusses ways of defining and measuring such "additionality."
Facing the Challenge of Change: The World Bank and the Global
Environment Facility (Rep. 1992/3), O. Kjfrven, 160 pp., NOK 240. Analyzes
the performance of the World Bank in the initial phase (prior to Dec. 1991) of
setting up the Facility; discusses implications for the opportunities and
conditions for change in the World Bank as an international institution.
From Regime Formation to Regime Functioning "Effectiveness":
Coping with the Problem of Ozone Depletion (Rep. 007-1992), J.B. SkjŠrseth,
58 pp. This analysis of the international policy response to ozone depletion
rests on the thesis that the decisions made in 1987 and 1990 to reduce and
eventually phase out CFCs and halons became politically feasible largely because
the actors faced an increasingly benign problem.
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