ABSTRACT
The issue on which international climate negotiations have visibly foundered is the distribution of the costs of climate protection between developed and developing countries. This includes “development space”—whether and how much developing countries should have to restrict their GHG emissions, given the “free ride” developed countries have been given to emit greenhouse gases without restriction for the past two centuries. It also includes the closely connected issue of whether and how much developed countries should contribute toward GHG reduction in developing countries.
