Benito Müller

Selection of Work Related to Climate Change:

(reversed chronological order. In case of difficulties with downloading the pdf-files, try to ‘save target’ directly to disk without opening)

· Copenhagen 2009: Failure or final wake-up call for our leaders? Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, EV49, February 2010. pdf (389kb)

· On the Need to Certify: Oversight of compliance with financial commitments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, December 2009. pdf (504kb)

· The Time is Right! Devolution of funding decisions to designated national/regional climate change funding entities Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, November 2009. pdf (176kb)

· Procrustes' Bed & Ockham's Razor: The debate on existing institutions in climate finance Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, November 2009. pdf (400kb)

· ‘Under the Authority of the COP’? Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, October 2009. pdf (132kb)

· Is There Room for Compromise? The debate on institutional arrangements for climate finance.  Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, October 2009. pdf (472kb)

· Adaptation Finance under a Copenhagen Agreed Outcome, with Åsa Persson, Richard J.T. Klein, Clarisse Kehler Siebert, Aaron Atteridge, Juan Hoffmaister, Michael Lazarus, and Takeshi Takama. SEI Policy Brief, Stockholm, October 2009. pdf (1.2mb)

· Key Issues on Governance of Climate Change Finance, based on the proceedings of a meeting at La Redoute, Bad Godesberg, 9 August 2009: ecbi Policy Brief, with Luis Gomez-Echeverri, pdf (328kb) and written UK Answers to the Moderator's Questions, pdf (172kb) both September 2009.

· 2009 Bonn Seminar: On Future Financial Architecture & Governance, ecbi policy brief, July 2009 pdf (272kb)

· Are Treasuries killing the climate deal?, Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, June 2009 pdf (104kb), 富国财政部将扼杀气候协议吗? (322kb)

· Adaptation Financing Instruments, Policy Brief for the Financing for Development, Conference on Climate Change, Kigali, 21–22 May 2009; with Richard J.T. Klein pdf (132kb)

· The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC. Part I: Architecture and Governance, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Background Paper EV45, April 2009 pdf (654kb)

· IAPAL - Thirteen Questions and Answers ecbi Policy Brief, April 2009 pdf (232kb)

· The Reformed Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC: Architecture and Governance with Luis Gomez-Echeverri, ecbi Policy Brief, April 2009 pdf (204kb)

· The Financial Mechanism of the UNFCCC: A Brief History with Luis Gomez-Echeverri, ecbi Policy Brief, April 2009 pdf (192kb)

· The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Reformed Financial Mechanism (RFM) of the UNFCCC with a Reply by Monique Barbut, April 2009 pdf (128kb)

· Additionality in the Clean Development Mechanism: Why and What? Climate Strategies and Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, EV 43 March 2009 pdf (504kb)

· To Earmark or Not to Earmark? A far-reaching debate on the use of auction revenue from (EU) Emissions Trading Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, EV 43, November 2008 pdf (444kb)

· Implementing the Bali Action Plan: What role for the CDM? with Prodipto Ghosh. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Energy and Environment Comment, October 2008. pdf (148kb)

· St Petersburg 2008 - Developing Country Emissions: Common and Joint Responsibilities. Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, September 2008 pdf (184kb) Reprinted in Environmental Liability, Volume 16, Issue 4, 2008: pp.148-152. From the St Petersburg International Economic Forum 2008.

· International Adaptation Finance: The Need for an Innovative and Strategic Approach. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, EV 42, June 2008 pdf (1.9Mb)

· Comments for the OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development on "Mobilising Investments in Low Carbon Energy Technologies". Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 27 April 2008 pdf (230kb)

· One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? with Harald Winkler. The Governance of the World Bank Climate Investment Funds. Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, February 2008 pdf (244kb) Version Francaise (160k)

· Bali 2007: On the road again! Impressions from the Thirteenth UN Climate Change Conference. pdf (128kb)

· Differentiating (Historic) Responsibilities for Climate Change, Summary Report. with Niklas Hoehne and Christian Ellermann. To be published as an OIES Energy and Environment Paper. pdf (224kb)

· Food Miles or Poverty Eradication? The moral duty to eat African strawberries at Christmas, Oxford Energy and Environment Comment, October 2007 pdf (141kb)

· Developing countries should get carbon credits for green policies, Point Carbon Interview, 19 July 2007. pdf (20kb)

· Bonn 2007: Russian Proposals, Policy CDM, and 'CER Put Options' (CERPOs) Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Energy and Environment Comment, July 2007. pdf (108kb)

· Assessment of key negotiating issues at Nairobi climate COP/MOP and what it means for the future of the climate regime - with Chukwumerije Okereke, Philip Mann, Henny Osbahr and Johannes Ebeling. Tyndall Centre Working Paper, June 2007. pdf (284kb)

· Nairobi 2006 - Trust and the Future of Adaptation Funding, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies EV38, January 2007. pdf (212kb)

· The Rich Must Face Their Personal Carbon Responsibility, with Saleemul Huq. Open Letter to the Editor, News Bulletin, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE, New Delhi) in reply to an Editorial by Sunita Narain, Director CSE. pdf (60kb)

· IATAL — an outline proposal for an International Air Travel Adaptation Levy, with Cameron Hepburn, EV36, Oxford: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, October 2006 pdf (0.7MB)

· ‘Some Aspects of the Climate Change Issue’, Chapter 7 in Robert Mabro (ed.), Oil in the 21st Century: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, Special limited edition, Vienna: OPEC 2005: pp.203-40. Also available though Oxford University Press/OPEC July 2006.

· Climate of Distrust: The 2006 Bonn Climate Change Adaptation Fund Negotiations pdf (0.9MB)

· Adaptation Funding and the World Bank Investment Framework Initiative pdf (0.8MB)

· Response to CDM EB call for input on regional distribution of CDM project activities pdf (40kB)

· Montreal 2005: What Happened, And What It Means, Oxford: OIES EV 35, February 2006 pdf (0.6MB)

· ‘Climate Change post-2012: Transatlantic Consensus and Disagreements,’ in Journal for Energy Literature, Vol.11, Issue 1, June 2005 pdf (0.1MB)

· Trade tactic could unlock climate negotiations, with Anju Sharma, 17 June 2005, SciDev.Net (htm)

· Quo Vadis, Kyoto? Pitfalls and Opportunities pdf (0.2MB)

· Exploring the Carbon Kuznets Hypothesis, by Georg Müller-Fürstenberger, Martin Wagner & Benito Müller, pdf (0.3MB)

· How Can the Transatlantic Partners Help in Addressing Developing Country Emissions? by Kevin Baumert, Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, and Benito Müller pdf (0.2MB)

· Russian Version pdf (0.2MB) Myth and Reality: Dr Illarionov’s Projections pdf

· Not Even Wrong: The Problem with Dr Illarionov’s Projections download pdf (0.5MB) or ppt (0.5MB)

· The Kyoto Protocol: Russian Opportunities pdf (0.5MB); Russian version pdf (0.6MB)

· Price related Sensitivities of Greenhouse Gas Intensity Targets (pdf 0.4MB), pre-print Climate Policy

· Framing Future Commitments download pdf (0.2MB) copy of Executive Summary or pdf (2.5MB) copy of full study

· A Strategic Assessment of the Kyoto-Marrakech System: Synthesis Report (M. Grubb et al. pdf 0.8MB)

· We need to plan a response to climate change impacts (htm)

· Equity in Climate Change: The Great Divide download pdf (0.8MB) Executive Summary or pdf copy of full study

· Where justice and realism meet: a climate change solution? Interview by openDemocracy.net (pdf 0.2MB )

· An FCCC Impact Response Instrument as Part of a Balanced Global Climate Change Regime (pdf 0.2MB; Presentation Slides pdf 0.8MB)

· The Global Climate Change Regime: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead (pdf 0.5MB)

· A New Delhi Mandate? ( pfd 0.1MB)

· The Resurrection of a Protocol (pdf)

· Rejecting Kyoto: A Study of Proposed Alternatives to the Kyoto Protocol Final Revised Version (pdf 2.3MB)

· Fatally Flawed Inequity: Kyoto's Unfair Burden on the United States & The Chinese Challenge to American Emission Dominance (pdf)

· Fair Compromise in a Morally Complex World (pdf)

· Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol: The Case for Japanese-Russian Joint Implementation (pdf)

· The Kyoto Mechanisms: Linking Technology to Ratification (pdf)

· Varieties of Distributive Justice in Climate Change, Climatic Change, February 2001 (Vol. 48, No. 2-3)

· Climate at The Hague: What Happened, Why, and What Now? (html)

· The Hague Climate Conference: Impressions of the North American Press Coverage (pdf)

· Congressional Climate Change Hearings: Comedy or Tragedy? (pdf)

· Fossil Fuels in a Changing Climate: Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol and Developing Country Participation. (to order)

· Reviews: 

· The Kyoto Protocol: Does US Ratification Really Matter? (html)

· The Modelling of Anthropogenic Methane Emissions: Methodology and Estimates (html abstract)

· Justice in Global Warming Negotiations:How to Achieve a Procedurally Fair Compromise (html abstract) (pdf)

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