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New climate leadership: "yes, we can ... after all" - the United States is caught between international ambitions and domestic challenges
Neue Führung in der Klimapolitik: "yes, we can - after all": die USA zwischen internationalem Anspruch und nationalen Herausforderungen
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Abstract In a push for climate protection in the US, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new CO2 emission limits for power plants. This is the next step in President Barack Obama's agenda on tackling climate change and the measures taken by the US administration are highly pertinen... view more
In a push for climate protection in the US, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new CO2 emission limits for power plants. This is the next step in President Barack Obama's agenda on tackling climate change and the measures taken by the US administration are highly pertinent in the run-up to a new UN climate agreement in 2015. In June at the Bonn climate talks, the American push was welcomed. At the latest G7 summit a new climate deal was supported as well, and the US took the lead in bringing the issue forward. The EU has to balance its role as a key partner for developing countries under the UN framework with increasing its influence on key negotiators to promote climate protection as a global goal. (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
United States of America; climate protection; climate policy; international agreement; energy policy; EU; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2014
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
SWP Comment, 34/2014
ISSN
1861-1761
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications