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Title	Replication Data for: The Club Approach: A Gateway to Effective Climate Cooperation?

Identifier	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CUDOYW

Creator	Sælen, Håkon Hovi, Jon Sprinz, Detlef F. Underdal, Arild

Publisher	Harvard Dataverse

Description	Although the Paris agreement arguably made some progress, interest in supplementary approaches to climate change cooperation persist. We study the conditions under which a climate club might emerge and grow. Using agent-based simulations, we show that even with less than a handful of major actors as initial members, a club can eventually reduce global emissions effectively. To succeed, a club must be initiated by the "right" constellation of enthusiastic actors, offer sufficiently large incentives for reluctant countries, and be reasonably unconstrained by conflicts between members over issues beyond climate change. A climate club is particularly likely to persist and grow if initiated by the United States and the European Union. The combination of club-good benefits and conditional commitments can produce broad participation under many conditions.

Subject	Social Sciences Climate Change Club Approach International cooperation

Contributor	Sælen, Håkon

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