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Strategy, Complexity and Cooperation: The Sino-American Climate Regime

Authors: Sean B. Walker, Keith W. Hipel

Published in: Group Decision and Negotiation | Issue 5/2017

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The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution is applied to a potential climate negotiation between the United States of America (USA) and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in order to gain strategic insights into how a successful agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could be reached. In light of the failure of many nations to meet their expected Kyoto Protocol emission reduction targets and the lack of involvement of the world’s greatest emitters of airborne pollutants, the USA and PRC, there is a need to determine successful strategies for combating climate change. The issues surrounding the potential implementation of a bilateral agreement between the USA and PRC are systematically analyzed. Information gathered about the decision makers, options and preferences within the potential negotiations is utilized to create a valid conflict model which is used as a basis for carrying out strategic analyses. Moreover, a novel method is implemented within the Graph Model for Conflict Resolution to gain insights into the impact of attitudes on these negotiations. The strategic findings reflect reasonably well what actually occurred in November 2014 when the USA and PRC negotiated a bilateral deal.

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Title: Strategy, Complexity and Cooperation: The Sino-American Climate Regime
Authors: Sean B. Walker
Keith W. Hipel
Publication date: 15-03-2017
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Group Decision and Negotiation / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0926-2644
Electronic ISSN: 1572-9907
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10726-017-9528-8

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