Slicing the Pie

The report examines the utility of sectoral climate agreements as a means to simplify negotiations and reduce leakage, concluding that while they can complement a global climate arrangement, they are a "second-best solution" and must be specifically defined and used with caution.

• Proponents of sector-based climate agreements suggest these approaches can simplify negotiations, mitigate concerns regarding international competitiveness, and improve effectiveness by increasing participation and reducing leakage.
• The report concludes that sectoral approaches are a suboptimal alternative to comprehensive climate policy and should only be used to complement, rather than replace, a global climate arrangement.
• The effectiveness of sectoral agreements is difficult to determine because there is a lack of a consistent definition for what constitutes a "sector".

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Slicing the Pie. https://www.wri.org/research/slicing-pie

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Slicing the Pie. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/slicing-pie.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendslicing, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Slicing the Pie}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/slicing-pie}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }