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Charging
the Use of Global Commons
WBGU,
Berlin, © 2002
48 p., 7 tables
ISBN 3-9807589-8-2
Available at no charge at the Secretariat.
Global
common resources like international airspace and the high seas are
in danger of overexploitation because the users need not bear the
full social costs of their actions. The CO2-emissions
of international aviation and of shipping are not subject to the
quantitative reduction obligations of the Kyoto Protocol. Imposing
user charges can close this regulatory gap and induce environment-related
incentive effects to reduce environmental damage. Moreover, additional
financial resources are generated, which should be earmarked for
the protection and conservation of global common goods.
In this special report, the
Council makes recommendations for a politically viable implementation
of the concept of global user charges for three specific areas of
application:
— Charges on the use of airspace by aviation,
— Charges on the use of the oceans by shipping,
— Payments for non utilisation obligations.
The Council recommends to deploy
the revenues of global user charges as truly additional financial
resources for global sustainability policy.
Summary
(= Policy Paper 2)
A summary for policymakers has been published under the same title
as Policy Paper 2.
Commissioned Expert's Studies
For this Special Report, the Council has commissioned two expert's
studies, which are available for download:
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