Climate Calculator

RESEC participates in the process of finding a equitable solution for an international climate agreement. Up to now, the negotiating parties were not able to agree on contributions and efforts that are sufficient to prevent global climate change. To solve this gridlock, we propose that a sufficiently stringent global carbon budget up to 2050 be distributed among the parties. Taking account of the most discussed equity principles and feasibility constraints, we are working on a climate calculator that compares different distributions of such a carbon budget. For a longer discussion and presentation of the different calculation methods, we refer to DownloadPrices vs. equity in international climate policy: A broad perspective (PDF, 1.3 MB)vertical_align_bottom by Bretschger and Mollet (2015).

Our calculator presents three different ways of calculating the distributions of a global carbon budget based on:

• an equity-based Downloadproposal by Bretschger (PDF, 635 KB)vertical_align_bottom (2013).
• an egalitarian Downloadproposal by the BASIC expert groupvertical_align_bottom (2011)
• a Downloadglobal carbon tax according to Weitzmannvertical_align_bottom (2013)