The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries: From Conflict to Consensus?Springer Science & Business Media, 2013 M03 9 - 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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... impacts on DCs Climate change is not a priority domestic issue Climate policy 46 • 52 58 · 3.5 Trends 71 . 3.6 Summary 73 4 : Foreign policy : Between solidarity and fighting inequity 74 4.1 Introduction 74 4.2 Foreign policies 74 4.3 ...
... impacts on DCs Climate change is not a priority domestic issue Climate policy 46 • 52 58 · 3.5 Trends 71 . 3.6 Summary 73 4 : Foreign policy : Between solidarity and fighting inequity 74 4.1 Introduction 74 4.2 Foreign policies 74 4.3 ...
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... impacts of climate change and to adopt advanced technologies to minimise their increase in GHG emissions . The reason why the foreign policy of the DCs has not become more creative , effective and / or constructive is because DC ...
... impacts of climate change and to adopt advanced technologies to minimise their increase in GHG emissions . The reason why the foreign policy of the DCs has not become more creative , effective and / or constructive is because DC ...
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... impacts of global thinking into account . If DCs wish ICs to accept such a position they need to demonstrate that they can be Active and effective partners , that negative climate impacts on DCs could Boomerang on ICs , that DCs have a ...
... impacts of global thinking into account . If DCs wish ICs to accept such a position they need to demonstrate that they can be Active and effective partners , that negative climate impacts on DCs could Boomerang on ICs , that DCs have a ...
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... impacts of pollution activities that have already taken place or are now taking place may be felt at places far removed from the sources of these activities , the distribution of the impacts among countries and people will further ...
... impacts of pollution activities that have already taken place or are now taking place may be felt at places far removed from the sources of these activities , the distribution of the impacts among countries and people will further ...
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... impacts and response strategies respectively and a fourth group was later organized to facilitate the participation of DCs in the IPCC process . In 1990 IPCC presented its first assessment reports on science , impacts and response ...
... impacts and response strategies respectively and a fourth group was later organized to facilitate the participation of DCs in the IPCC process . In 1990 IPCC presented its first assessment reports on science , impacts and response ...
Contents
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1 | 21 |
The domestic context Opportunities and risks | 46 |
Foreign policy Between solidarity and fighting inequity | 74 |
GEF The case of power politics | 99 |
Joint Implementation Between hope and angst | 116 |
Policy options and related nondecisions | 132 |
The politics of climate science | 150 |
The science of climate politics | 166 |
Towards enhanced cooperation | 179 |
References | 206 |
List of treaties and other international legal instruments | 223 |
Table of cases UN and other international documents | 242 |
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