The Kyoto Protocol: International Climate Policy for the 21st CenturySpringer Science & Business Media, 1999 M10 20 - 360 pages The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997 was a major achievement in the endeavour to tackle the problem of global climate change at the dawn of the 21st century. After many years of involvement in the negotiation process, the book's two internationally recognised authors now offer the international community a first hand and inside perspective of the debate on the Kyoto Protocol. The book provides a comprehensive scholarly analysis of the history and content of the Protocol itself as well as of the economic, political and legal implications of its implementation. It also presents a perspective for the further development of the climate regime. These important features make this book an indispensable working tool for policy makers, negotiators, academics and all those actively involved and interested in climate change issues in both the developed and developing world. |
Contents
1 The Science of Climate Change | 3 |
12 Causes and Effects | 4 |
13 Climate Sceptics | 10 |
2 Key Players and Interests | 13 |
The European Union | 14 |
JUSSCANNZ | 17 |
23 Russia and the Countries with Economies in Transition | 21 |
A Crumbling Block | 24 |
133 Assessment and Outlook | 158 |
14 The Clean Development Mechanism Article 12 | 165 |
142 The Rules Applying to the COM | 168 |
143 Assessment and Outlook | 171 |
15 Emissions Trading Article 17 | 187 |
151 Negotiating History | 188 |
152 The Rules Applying to Emissions Trading | 191 |
153 Assessment and Outlook | 194 |
25 NonGovernmental and International Organisations | 29 |
The Legal Basis of International Action | 33 |
32 Institutional and Procedural Predeterminations | 37 |
33 Development of the Convention | 41 |
4 The Berlin Mandate and the AGBM Process | 43 |
42 The Berlin Mandate | 46 |
43 The Issues | 49 |
The First Year | 51 |
The Geneva Declaration | 52 |
46 Approaching Kyoto | 54 |
Multilateral and Bilateral Diplomacy | 59 |
UNGASS | 60 |
53 Regional Developments | 61 |
54 Bilateral Diplomacy | 63 |
Governmental and Nongovernmental Developments | 65 |
62 Developments in the US | 68 |
Other JUSSCANNZ Countries | 70 |
Some Going Dirty | 72 |
65 Others Going Green | 73 |
66 Environmental NGOs | 75 |
The Endgame | 77 |
72 The Dynamics of the Kyoto Meeting | 79 |
73 Modern Communication Technologies | 82 |
74 The Estrada Factor | 84 |
75 Approaching the Final Showdown | 85 |
76 Negotiation by Exhaustion | 88 |
The Provisions of the Kyoto Protocol A Commentary | 93 |
8 Overview of Part II | 95 |
9 Preamble and Definitions Article 1 | 99 |
92 Definitions | 100 |
10 Policies and Measures Article 2 | 103 |
103 Assessment and Outlook | 107 |
102 PAMs in the Kyoto Protocol | 108 |
11 Emission Limitation and Reduction Commitments Article 3 | 115 |
What are the Limits to Emissions? | 121 |
113 The Issue of Sinks Landuse Change and Forestry | 130 |
114 Assessment and Outlook | 136 |
12 Joint Fulfilment of Commitments Article 4 | 141 |
122 The Rules Applying to Bubbling | 145 |
123 PostKyoto Developments in the European Union | 147 |
124 Assessment and Outlook | 149 |
13 Joint Implementation Article 6 | 151 |
132 The Rules Applying to Joint Implementation | 155 |
16 Implementation Review and Compliance Articles 5 7 8161819 | 207 |
162 The Multilateral Consultative Process Article 16 | 212 |
163 The Procedure on Noncompliance Article 18 | 215 |
164 Dispute Settlement Article 19 | 222 |
17 Developing Country Participation Articles 1011 | 225 |
171 Negotiating History | 226 |
Articles 10 and 11 of the Kyoto Protocol | 232 |
173 Assessment and Outlook | 233 |
18 Institutions Articles 131415 | 239 |
181 Negotiating History | 240 |
182 The Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties COPMOP Article 13 | 242 |
183 The Secretariat Article 14 | 247 |
184 The Subsidiary Bodies Article 15 | 249 |
185 Ad Hoc Bodies | 251 |
19 Review Development and Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol Articles 39 9 20 21 | 253 |
193 Amendments to the Protocol and its Annexes | 257 |
194 Assessment and Outlook | 258 |
20 Final Provisions of the Kyoto Protocol Articles 2228 | 261 |
202 Voting Rights Depositary Reservations and Withdrawal Articles 22 23 26 27 and 28 | 263 |
Conclusions and Outlook | 265 |
21 Lessons from the Kyoto Process | 267 |
212 The Importance of Situational Factors | 269 |
High Politics in Global Society | 271 |
22 Evaluation of the Kyoto Protocol | 273 |
23 Synergies and Conflicts with Other International Institutions | 279 |
232 The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer | 282 |
233 The Conventions on Biodiversity and Desertification | 285 |
24 The Landscape of International Climate Politics at the Turn of the Century | 287 |
242 The European Union and the Applicant Countries | 291 |
243 The Umbrella Group | 294 |
244 Developing Countries | 296 |
245 Nongovernmental Developments | 298 |
The State of Climate Policy and Some Underlying Causes | 299 |
Towards a Leadership Initiative on Climate Change | 301 |
Early Ratification | 303 |
Measures for Domestic Implementation and their Coordination | 305 |
Enhanced Involvement of Developing Countries | 308 |
255 Conclusion | 311 |
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | 313 |
Bibliography | 337 |
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| Title | The Kyoto Protocol: International Climate Policy for the 21st Century International and European Environmental Policy Series |
| Authors | Sebastian Oberthür, Hermann E. Ott |
| Contributors | E.U. von Weizsäcker, R.G. Tarasofsky |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media, 1999 |
| ISBN | 354066470X, 9783540664703 |
| Length | 360 pages |
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