The Incompatibility of Game Theory and Kyoto Protocol
Abstract
This research aimed to determine the reasons why Kyoto Protocol failed.
In order to gather the needed information, the researcher only utilized information coming from legitimate institutions like the UNFCCC, research about Kyoto Protocol published in the web of science and from the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) journals like Elsevier, Thompson Reuters, SciVerse, Scimago and from commentaries of world leaders and environmentalists.
In order to access these materials, the researcher utilized EBSCOHOST as the primary search engine, with the aid of google scholar as additional search platform.
The research utilized descriptive method coupled with qualitative and quantitative approach. The results of the study indicated that uncooperative act known as prisoner’s dilemma is the main reason why Kyoto Protocol failed. The presence of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which is the main convenor of Kyoto Protocol proved to be useless. It has no police power and cannot even sanction erring members or parties to the agreement.
Meeting the goals of Kyoto Protocol is hard to accomplish when the parties involved betray in the agreement like what happened to the two prisoners in the highly celebrated doctrine of known cooperation known as Prisoner’s dilemma.
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https://tinyurl.com/33sndvtc
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https://tinyurl.com/2nuwsvhm
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Oxford Review of Economic Policy: Volume 24, Number 2, 2008, pp 239-258
https://tinyurl.com/3jyj8z9x
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Canadian Journal of Economics
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The World Economy, 2010, vol. 33, issue 2, 177-211
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Center for Operations Research and Econometrics Working Paper No. 9925, CESifo Working Paper Series No. 229
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Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 16, Number 1—Winter 2002—Pages 147–168
https://tinyurl.com/7jnamx5p
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McGraw-Hill Education, 2 Penn Plaza, NY 10121. 2019
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Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
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International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics
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https://tinyurl.com/4njdc3hy
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https://tinyurl.com/9pfndcnc
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 April 2005
https://tinyurl.com/2n3258kf
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Journal of Public Economics
ScienceDirect/ELSEVIER
Volume 87, Issue 12, December 2003, Pages 2737-2747
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2727(02)00138-X
https://tinyurl.com/ys467fd8
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Nature 491, 663–665 (2012)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/491663a
https://www.nature.com/articles/491663a#citeas
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Journal of Economic Literature
Vol. 33, No. 1 (Mar., 1995), pp. 132-163 (32 pages)
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Harvard University. South-Western Cengage Learning
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Vol. 56, No. 1 (March 2012), pp. 99-113 (15 pages)
Published By: Wiley
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Journal of Economic Perspectives
Vol. 27, No. 1, Winter 2013 (pp. 123-146)
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https://tinyurl.com/97hwxu2v
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https://tinyurl.com/tzythyzz
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ScienceDirect
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National Library of Medicine. National Center for Biotechnology Information
DOI: 10.1038/491656a
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23192127/
Sterescu, Andreï-Bogdan (2018). The Prisoner’s Dilemma in Environmental Politics: One Model to Rule Them All?
https://tinyurl.com/4udz8yc
Tian, Wenjie ; Wu, Xudong ; Zhao, Xueli ; Ma, Rong; Zhang, Bo (2019)
Quantifying global CH4 and N2O footprints
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 251, 1 December 2019, 109566
ScienceDirect
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109566
https://tinyurl.com/ya7rr2x9
Tresch, Richard W. (2015). An Application of Externality Theory.
Public Finance, A Normative Theory
3rd Edition 2015
ScienceDirect
https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780124158344/public-finance
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
https://tinyurl.com/y5asd5u8
Victor, David G. (2001). The Collapse of the Kyoto Protocol and the Struggle to Slow Global Warming. Princeton University Press
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7t8pq
Published
2021-09-01
How to Cite
GOLOSINO, Ernesto Olano.
The Incompatibility of Game Theory and Kyoto Protocol.
Asian Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, [S.l.], v. 3, n. 3, p. 104-118, sep. 2021.
Available at: <https://myjms.mohe.gov.my/index.php/ajress/article/view/14381>. Date accessed: 26 may 2022.
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