From industrial declarations to voluntary agreements: a critical discussion of the german industry's ‘declaration on global warming prevention’
✍ Scribed by Kristof, Kora ;Ramesohl, Stephan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0961-0405
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✦ Synopsis
Voluntary agreements (VAs) are of increasing interest for environmental policy making and are gaining importance as instruments for industrial policy making. With regard to the requirements of (inter)national CO 2 mitigation strategies, however, it has to be questioned whether VAs incorporate adequate reduction targets and whether sufficient reduction and efficiency activity can be expected from the announced strategies. Taking the German industry's 'Declaration on global warming prevention' (DGWP) as an example, this paper discusses the major shortcomings of the German approach with respect to crucial features of working VAs. Starting from the given deficiencies, a proposal for a progressive monitoring scheme is made which could serve as a framework for a continuous development of the initiative, and recommendations for a revision of the declaration are given.