Michigan State University (MSU) Researcher Jinhua Zhao won first prize in an international competition for a paper he wrote addressing global climate change.
According to excerpts from the article:
Zhao, an associate professor in the Departments of Economics and Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, co-authored the paper with Larry Karp of the University of California, Berkeley. It was one of 36 submissions, with authors from 18 countries, to the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.
The paper puts forth a framework for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that is set to expire in 2012.
"We've always been bothered by many aspects of the Kyoto Protocol," said Jinhua. Specifically, he said, the United States isn't part of the treaty, and other major nations fulfill only minimal obligations. The agreement also lacks an effective enforcement mechanism. "These are sticking points that need to be resolved," he added.
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