Shaping National Responses to Climate Change: A Post-Rio GuideHenry Lee Island Press, 1995 - 303 pages "Shaping National Responses to Climate Change" explores methods of designing, implementing, and gaining political support -- both domestically and internationally -- for strategies and policies to reduce greenhouse gases. The book frames the issue and assesses the economic, policy, and management tradeoffs involved in: designing strategies for international agreements developing and implementing the means to enforce international agreements comparing alternative policy responses transferring technology from developed to developing countries making the transition from an international agreement to a domestic agenda to implement that agreement Rather than promote specific options, the authors present a strategic framework from which specific alternatives can be assessed and compared, and offer guidance and advice that will be essential throughout the decade. |
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Page 89
... parties could likely find a plausible pretext for contributing a little while others do a lot , the prior presumption of equal measures restrains such fruitless advocacy of extreme positions . All par- ties may prefer this collective ...
... parties could likely find a plausible pretext for contributing a little while others do a lot , the prior presumption of equal measures restrains such fruitless advocacy of extreme positions . All par- ties may prefer this collective ...
Page 134
... parties themselves for analysis of relevant data and for preparation and docu- mentation of the substantive actions of the organization . The situation is further confused and diffused because of the framework convention and protocol ...
... parties themselves for analysis of relevant data and for preparation and docu- mentation of the substantive actions of the organization . The situation is further confused and diffused because of the framework convention and protocol ...
Page 136
... Parties at its first session and periodically thereafter . As noted above , the secretariat's functions with respect to these reports is limited to receiving them and transmitting them to the Conference of the Parties . The Subsidiary ...
... Parties at its first session and periodically thereafter . As noted above , the secretariat's functions with respect to these reports is limited to receiving them and transmitting them to the Conference of the Parties . The Subsidiary ...
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