The paper examines the climate policies of the biggest world emitters of greenhouse gases against the objectives of the Paris Agreement. It explores the reasons for inefficiencies in outcome delivery of international agreements on climate mitigation. It finds that the policy differentials incorporated into the Paris Aagreement are potentially damaging while ethically justified. This might discredit global policy instruments as ultimately ineffective in mitigating climate change. Policy instruments would have to be drastically enhanced in order to be more effective in climate change mitigation.
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To Cite this Article: Boiangiu, M. C. (2018). Climate Change Policy Differentials: A Review Of The Paris Agreement. International Journal Of Academic Research In Economics And Management Sciences, 7(3), 123–136.
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