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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... scientific units Summary 1. The climate change issue i vi viii 1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Summary Summary 2. A theoretical framework Introduction An interdisciplinary approach An integrated framework for analysis Methodological issues 1.1 ...
... scientific units Summary 1. The climate change issue i vi viii 1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Summary Summary 2. A theoretical framework Introduction An interdisciplinary approach An integrated framework for analysis Methodological issues 1.1 ...
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... regime life cycle 36 39 48 49 • • 66 69 70 113 129 184 185 44 187 203 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACTS ADB AGBM AIJ ASEAN BPPT CAN Preface and acknowledgements List of abbreviations, journals and scientific units Summary.
... regime life cycle 36 39 48 49 • • 66 69 70 113 129 184 185 44 187 203 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACTS ADB AGBM AIJ ASEAN BPPT CAN Preface and acknowledgements List of abbreviations, journals and scientific units Summary.
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... SCIENTIFIC UNITS AND CHEMICAL SYMBOLS ppmv parts per million ( 106 ) per volume billion tonnes million metric tonnes metric tonnes Carbon dioxide bt Mt mt CO2 CH1 Methane N2O CFC Chlorofluorocarbon HFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon Nitrogen ...
... SCIENTIFIC UNITS AND CHEMICAL SYMBOLS ppmv parts per million ( 106 ) per volume billion tonnes million metric tonnes metric tonnes Carbon dioxide bt Mt mt CO2 CH1 Methane N2O CFC Chlorofluorocarbon HFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon Nitrogen ...
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... scientific controversies indicate that ( foreign ) researchers may have selected certain research questions , assumptions , methods and theories in their research and the choice in favour of these tools has ( perhaps inadvertently ) led ...
... scientific controversies indicate that ( foreign ) researchers may have selected certain research questions , assumptions , methods and theories in their research and the choice in favour of these tools has ( perhaps inadvertently ) led ...
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... scientific and technological problem for which incremental , sectoral solutions are relevant , DCs perceive that the climate change issue is not a problem in itself but a symptom of a bigger systemic , distributive and ideological ...
... scientific and technological problem for which incremental , sectoral solutions are relevant , DCs perceive that the climate change issue is not a problem in itself but a symptom of a bigger systemic , distributive and ideological ...
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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