The Climate Change Convention And Developing Countries

Author : J. Gupta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401589253

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The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries by J. Gupta Pdf

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.

Author : Nijavalli H. Ravindranath,Jayant A. Sathaye
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306479809

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Climate Change and Developing Countries by Nijavalli H. Ravindranath,Jayant A. Sathaye Pdf

Among global environmental issues, climate change has received the largest attention of national and global policy makers, researchers, industry, multilateral banks and NGOs. Climate change is one of the most important global environmental problems with unique characteristics. It is global, long-term (up to several centuries) and involves complex interactions between climatic, environmental, economic, political, institutional and technological pressures. It is of great significance to developing countries as all the available knowledge suggests that they, and particularly their poorer inhabitants, are highly vulnerable to climate impacts. The projected warming of 1. 4 to 5. 8° C by 2100 and the related changes in rainfall pattern, rise in sea-level and increased frequency of extreme events (such as drought, hurricanes and storms) are likely to threaten food security, increase fresh water scarcity, lead to decline in biodiversity, increase occurrence of vector-borne diseases, cause flooding of coastal settlements, etc. Recognizing the potential threat of severe disruptions, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was organized in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to begin to address ways to reduce these impacts, which led to the formulation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. This Convention and the subsequent Kyoto Protocol recognize “the common but differentiated responsibility” of developing and industrialized countries in addressing climate change. Developing countries thus have a unique role to play in formulating a sound, reasoned, and well informed response to the threat of climate change.

Author : Joyeeta Gupta
Publisher : Springer
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9401589267

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The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries by Joyeeta Gupta Pdf

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.

Author : Antonio G. M. La Viña
Publisher : Institute of International
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UOM:39015040875216

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Climate Change and Developing Countries by Antonio G. M. La Viña Pdf

Author : Geert Van Calster,Leonie Reins
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788979191

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The Paris Agreement on Climate Change by Geert Van Calster,Leonie Reins Pdf

Providing in-depth coverage of each article of the Paris Agreement, this Commentary offers a comprehensive, legal analysis of this most recent and important international instrument on climate change. This provision-by-provision textual analysis examines the commitments that parties to the Agreement have made to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, whilst providing additional support to developing countries.

Author : Benjamin J. Richardson,Yves Le Bouthillier,Heather McLeod-Kilmurray,Stepan Wood
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781849802321

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Climate Law and Developing Countries by Benjamin J. Richardson,Yves Le Bouthillier,Heather McLeod-Kilmurray,Stepan Wood Pdf

'The phenomenon of anthropogenic climate change has become of critical importance to all countries. However, while the majority of developing countries contribute the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, they will generally bear the major burden of the social, environmental and economic impacts of climate change imposed upon them by developed countries. This cutting-edge book contains outstanding contributions by scholars from around the world on the need to expand the range of legal and policy mechanisms and strategies required to bridge the gaps between the north and the south to achieve global climate justice.' - Ben Boer, University of Sydney and former Co-director of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law This timely book examines the legal and policy challenges in international, regional and national settings, faced by developing countries in mitigating and adapting to climate change. With contributions from over twenty international scholars from developing and developed countries, the book tackles both long-standing concerns and current controversies. It considers the positions of developing countries in the negotiation of a new international legal regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol and canvasses various domestic issues, including implementation of CDM projects, governance of adaptation measures and regulation of the biofuels industry. Through a unique focus on the developing world, this book makes a significant contribution to understanding current challenges and future directions of climate law.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781437982251

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U.S.-Centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Siobhan Mcinerney-Lankford,Mac Darrow,Lavanya Rajamani
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780821387238

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Human Rights and Climate Change by Siobhan Mcinerney-Lankford,Mac Darrow,Lavanya Rajamani Pdf

This Study explores arguments about the impact of climate change on human rights, examining the international legal frameworks governing human rights and climate change and identifying the relevant synergies and tensions between them. It considers arguments about (i) the human rights impacts of climate change at a macro level and how these impacts are spread disparately across countries; (ii) how climate change impacts human rights enjoyment within states and the equity and discrimination dimensions of those disparate impacts; and (iii) the role of international legal frameworks and mechanisms, including human rights instruments, particularly in the context of supporting developing countries’ adaptation efforts. The Study surveys the interface of human rights and climate change from the perspective of public international law. It builds upon the work that has been carried out on this interface by reviewing the legal issues it raises and complementing existing analyses by providing a comprehensive legal overview of the area and a focus on obligations upon States and other actors connected with climate change. The objective has therefore been to contribute to the global debate on climate change and human rights by offering a review of the legal dimensions of this interface as well as a survey of the sources of public international law potentially relevant to climate change and human rights in order to facilitate an understanding of what is meant, in legal terms, by “human rights impacts of climate change” and help identify ways in which international law can respond to this interaction.

Author : Irving M. Mintzer,J. Amber Leonard
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521479142

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Negotiating Climate Change by Irving M. Mintzer,J. Amber Leonard Pdf

Reconstructs negotiations of the Framework Convention on Climate Change at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit.

Author : Sten Nilsson,David Pitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134056095

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Protecting the Atmosphere by Sten Nilsson,David Pitt Pdf

'The authors take us into less-known corridors of climate Realpolitik and energy power play. We are provided with the essential vocabulary to understand what is at stake and how the challenge should be tackled' Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan Global warming and the resulting climate change present one of the greatest potential threats humanity has had to face. Every country contributes to them and they affect every person. Correspondingly, the Framework Convention on Climate Change, negotiated at the Earth Summit and since, is potentially one of the most significant international agreements ever reached and its successful implementation is vital if the threat is to be averted. This book provides a guide to the Convention and explains in very clear terms what is involved: the background which makes it so necessary; the tortuous process involved in negotiating it; what it says; and most importantly, how it must be interpreted and implemented, making clear the scale of the changes involved and the dangers of evading them. Sten Nilsson is leader of the forest resources project at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. David Pitt is a consultant to the Bellerive Foundation and Alp Action. They are the authors of Mountain World in Danger, published by Earthscan in 1991. Originally published in 1994

Author : United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9292190318

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Handbook by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Pdf

This handbook provides an overview of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as of August 2006. It focuses on the institutional framework of the Convention and the actions taken by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention.

Author : Ted Hanisch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429703300

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Climate Change And The Agenda For Research by Ted Hanisch Pdf

This book presents essays that address the most strategic questions and challenges to scientists and policymakers on the important subject of climate change based on issues discussed at the 1992 Earth Summit. It considers how best to meet the challenge that atmospheric pollution poses worldwide.

Author : United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Organization)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UIUC:30112098388439

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Analysis of Progress Made In, and the Effectiveness Of, the Implementation of the Framework for Capacity-building in Developing Countries in Support of the Second Comprehensive Review of the Capacity-building Framework by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Organization) Pdf

Summary : This note contains analyses of capacity-building activities in developing countries, based on information provided by Parties in their submissions, documents produced by the secretariat, various assessment reports, and reports by the Global Environmental Facility and by bilateral and multilateral agencies. It also outlines lessons learned in implementing capacity-building activies and programmes, and key findings that Parties may wish to consider in relation to the second comprehensive review of the implementation of the framework for capacity-building in developing counties.

Author : Nicholas Stern,Alex Bowen,John Whalley
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814551861

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The Global Development of Policy Regimes to Combat Climate Change by Nicholas Stern,Alex Bowen,John Whalley Pdf

The year 2015 will be a landmark year for international climate change negotiations. Governments have agreed to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in 2015. The agreement will come into force no later than 2020. This book focuses on the prospects for global agreement, how to encourage compliance with any such agreement and perspectives of key players in the negotiations — the United States, India, China, and the EU. It finds that there is strong commitment to the established UN institutions and processes within which the search for further agreed actions will occur. There are already a myriad of local and regional policies that are helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build mutual confidence. However, the chapters in the book also highlight potential areas of discord. For instance, varying interpretations of the “common but differentiated responsibilities” of developing countries, agreed as part of the UNFCCC, could be a major sticking point for negotiators. When combined with other issues, such as the choice of consumption or production as the basis for mitigation commitments, the appropriate time frame and base date for their measurement and whether level or intensity commitments are to be negotiated, the challenges that need to be overcome are considerable. The authors bring to bear insights from economics, public finance and game theory. Contents:Introduction (Alex Bowen, Nicholas Stern and John Whalley)Global Cooperation and Understanding to Accelerate Climate Action (James Rydge and Samuela Bassi)The US and Action on Climate Change (Samuela Bassi and Alex Bowen)Challenges and Reality: China's Dilemma on Durban Platform Negotiation (Mou Wang, Huishan Lian and Yamin Zhou)Sustainable Growth and Climate Change: Evolution of India's Strategies (Ruth Kattumuri and Darshini Ravindranath)After Copenhagen and the Economic Crisis: Does the EU Need to Go Back to the Drawing Board? (Christian Egenhofer and Monica Alessi)The Scope for “Green Growth” and a New Technological Revolution (Alex Bowen)Negotiating to Avoid “Dangerous” Climate Change (Scott Barrett)Unilateral Measures and Emissions Mitigation (Shurojit Chatterji, Sayantan Ghosal, Sean Walsh and John Whalley)Compliance Mechanisms in Global Climate Regimes: Kyoto and Post-Kyoto (Sean Walsh and John Whalley) Readership: students and researchers in developmental economics and climate change; policy makers and decision makers; general public interested in climate change issues. Keywords:Climate Change;International Negotiation;Participation;COP21;UNFCCCKey Features:Timely and relevant for climate policy negotiators in the run-up to COP21 in Paris at the end of 2015Written by authors who have strong backgrounds in economics, both theoretical (e.g. game theory) and empirical (e.g. climate policy evaluation)

Author : Daniel Bodansky,Jutta Brunnée,Lavanya Rajamani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199664290

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International Climate Change Law by Daniel Bodansky,Jutta Brunnée,Lavanya Rajamani Pdf

A perfect introduction to climate change law, this textbook offers students and scholars an overview of the international law governing this fundamental issue. It demonstrates how to interpret the language used in the applicable instruments and conventions, and sets climate change law in its broader international legal context.