International Climate Agreements under Review

Given the shortcomings of the Paris Agreement, Anja Zenker examines the potential of free trade benefits as an incentive mechanism for an effective and stable climate change cooperation of states. She addresses the question of how the specific policy design affects the success of the agreement, market and trade outcomes, as well as the compatibility with multilateral WTO obligations.

Mitigation Incentives in the Post-2020 Climate Change Framework.- International Climate Agreements: A Survey of the Game-Theoretic Literature.- Building a Climate-Trade Coalition in a Downstream vs. Upstream System of Emission Trading.- WTO Compatibility of a Climate-Trade Agreement.