Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 08/2009

Global Sectoral Industry Approaches to Climate Change: Helping or harming?

Jonas Meckling

May 2009

Oxfam Publishing

Abstract

Proponents of global sectoral industry approaches, such as the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, argue that sectoral agreements could help level the international playing field, provide incentives for developing countries to contribute to the global climate deal, and be more manageable than economy-wide efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.