Game Theory in International Climate Change Negotiations: Why does the US plan to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and what are the consequences for countries and future climate protection?
- Climate change is one of the most challenging topics to the world and has been subject to international negotiations for more than 25 years, one of the main players being the USA. Game theory, on the other hand, is a popular tool from economics, frequently used to analyze strategic situations such as international negotiations. Together, the insights from these topics can help understand why the USA’s president Donald Trump has announced to quit the Paris Agreement and which consequences this might have for the US, other countries and for the future of international climate change negotiations. In order to assess the different implications, this thesis gives some theoretical background and presents game theoretic findings on climate change negotiations. It will be found that, from a game theoretic point of view, different reasons might have caused the USA to take this decision and that there is a chance that a withdrawal of the US from the Paris Agreement could have some effect on the future of climate protection. However, a precise assessment would require further research on the topic.
Author: | Patricia Désirée Messner |
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URN: | https://urn:nbn:de:bsz:fn1-opus4-23973 |
Advisor: | Frank Kramer |
Document Type: | Bachelor Thesis |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2017 |
Granting Institution: | Hochschule Furtwangen |
Date of final exam: | 2017/08/31 |
Release Date: | 2017/08/31 |
Tag: | Climate change; Game theory; Negotiations; Paris agreement; USA |
Degree Program: | IBM - International Business Management |
Functional area: | Andere/Other |
Open-Access-Status: | Closed Access |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |