The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries: From Conflict to Consensus?Springer Science & Business Media, 1997 M04 30 - 249 pages The climate change problem can only be effectively dealt with if global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be reduced substantially. Since the emission of such gases is closely related to the economic growth of countries, a critical problem to be addressed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) is: how will the permissible emission levels be shared between industrialised (ICs) and developing countries (DCs)? The thesis of this book is that the long-term effectiveness of the FCCC runs the risk of a horizontal negotiation deadlock between countries and the risk of vertical standstill within countries if there is little domestic support for the domestic implementation of measures being announced in international negotiations. The research question is: Can one observe trends towards horizontal deadlock and vertical standstill and if yes, how can the treaty design be improved so as to avoid such potential future bottlenecks? The research focuses on the perspectives of domestic actors on the climate convention and related issues in four developing countries: India, Indonesia, Kenya and Brazil. The following key findings emerge from the research: 1. Handicapped negotiating power: The common theme of the foreign policy of DCs is that ICs are responsible for the bulk of the GHG emissions and need to take appropriate domestic action. |
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Contents
The climate change issue | 1 |
12 The climate change problem | 3 |
The glass is halffull | 9 |
14 The research problem | 17 |
15 Summary | 20 |
A theoretical framework | 21 |
23 An integrated framework for analysis | 35 |
24 Methodological issues | 42 |
64 Trends and future of JI | 130 |
65 Summary | 131 |
Policy options and related nondecisions | 132 |
72 Analyzing the nondecisions | 134 |
73 Trends and future implications | 148 |
74 Summary | 149 |
8 The politics of climate science | 150 |
83 The costs of climate change | 158 |
25 Summary | 45 |
The domestic context Opportunities and risks | 46 |
33 Climate change is not a priority domestic issue | 52 |
34 Climate policy | 58 |
35 Trends | 71 |
36 Summary | 73 |
Foreign policy Between solidarity and fighting inequity | 74 |
The illusory carrot | 88 |
Elusive coalitions | 93 |
45 Trends | 96 |
46 Summary | 98 |
The case of power politics | 99 |
52 Behind the consensus | 101 |
53 Induced convergence of interests | 111 |
54 Trends and the future of the GEFFCCC | 114 |
55 Summary | 115 |
Joint Implementation Between hope and angst | 116 |
62 Behind the consensus | 120 |
63 Induced convergence of interests | 125 |
Structural imbalance in knowledge generation | 161 |
85 Summary | 165 |
The science of climate politics | 166 |
93 Towards the politics of compromise | 172 |
94 Summary | 178 |
Towards enhanced cooperation | 179 |
103 Vertical bottlenecks | 188 |
104 Towards conclusions and recommendations | 190 |
105 Recommendations in the context of the regime lifecycle | 200 |
106 A final word | 205 |
References | 206 |
List of treaties and other international legal instruments | 223 |
Table of cases UN and other international documents | 224 |
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 225 |
List of questions for the interviews | 242 |
Matrix of interviewees | 244 |
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