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The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries

Author : J. Gupta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401589259
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries written by J. Gupta and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Climate Change and Developing Countries

Author : Nijavalli H. Ravindranath
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 030647980X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change and Developing Countries by : Nijavalli H. Ravindranath

Download or read book Climate Change and Developing Countries written by Nijavalli H. Ravindranath and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries

Author : Joyeeta Gupta
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9789401589260
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries written by Joyeeta Gupta and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-22 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Climate Change and Developing Countries

Author : Antonio G. M. La Viña
Publisher : Institute of International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Developing Countries written by Antonio G. M. La Viña and published by Institute of International. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Author : Geert Van Calster
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1788979192
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book The Paris Agreement on Climate Change written by Geert Van Calster and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Climate Law and Developing Countries

Author : Benjamin J. Richardson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849802327
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (498 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Law and Developing Countries by : Benjamin J. Richardson

Download or read book Climate Law and Developing Countries written by Benjamin J. Richardson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-27 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.

The Convention on Biological Diversity and Developing Countries

Author : G.K. Rosendal
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940159421X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Convention on Biological Diversity and Developing Countries written by G.K. Rosendal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on the negotiation process leading up to the creation of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) and the domestic implementation of this international agreement. This political science study of the negotiation process applies several perspectives drawn from international relations theories, while also focusing on the implementation of international environmental agreements in a developing country. Moreover, the links between factors at international and domestic levels are examined, with four proposed mechanisms through which an international institution may affect domestic policies. Evidence is found that the CBD has had a beneficial impact on national biodiversity policies in the country studied, but that necessary compatible legislation is absent in developed country parties. Readership: Policy makers, decision makers, political scientists, lawyers and environmentalists engaged in development assistance work, and academics and industrialists involved in the biotechnology industry.

Human Rights and Climate Change

Author : Siobhan Mcinerney-Lankford
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821387235
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis Human Rights and Climate Change by : Siobhan Mcinerney-Lankford

Download or read book Human Rights and Climate Change written by Siobhan Mcinerney-Lankford and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

World Economic and Social Survey 2009

Author : United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Publisher : United Nations Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789211091595
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book World Economic and Social Survey 2009 written by United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the Survey, economic insecurity arises from the exposure of individuals, communities and countries to adverse events, and from their inability to cope with and recover from the downside losses. Local concerns have been compounded by new global threats as unregulated markets and climate change. The Survey offers a different approach with a strong social contract and more integrated and pragmatic economic and social policy. It calls for more active policy responses to help communities better manage these new risks, increased investment in preventing threatening events from emerging and more concerted efforts to strengthen the underlying social contracts which are, in the end, the real basis of a more secure, stable and just future.

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

Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437982255
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book U.S.-Centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries

Author : Paula Castro
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782545689
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries written by Paula Castro and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recommendations and discussion on the reform of the CDM invoke debate on the future of this policy in developing countries, which is vital material for both policymakers and international institutions introducing similar instruments. Students and resea

World Development Report 2010

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821379882
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book World Development Report 2010 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the crowded field of climate change reports, 'WDR 2010' uniquely: emphasizes development; takes an integrated look at adaptation and mitigation; highlights opportunities in the changing competitive landscape; and proposes policy solutions grounded in analytic work and in the context of the political economy of reform.

Negotiating Climate Change

Author : Irving M. Mintzer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521479141
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (791 download)

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Download or read book Negotiating Climate Change written by Irving M. Mintzer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-09-29 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconstructs negotiations of the Framework Convention on Climate Change at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Handbook

Author : United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789292190316
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Handbook written by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Climate Change Mitigation Actions in Five Developing Countries

Author : Harald Winkler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317540395
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change Mitigation Actions in Five Developing Countries by : Harald Winkler

Download or read book Climate Change Mitigation Actions in Five Developing Countries written by Harald Winkler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five case studies on mitigation actions (MAs) in developing countries illustrate the rich diversity of climate action. Researchers from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and South Africa reflect on what is possible in their countries. Case studies reflect the sheer diversity of NAMAs: from a ‘Pronami’ on efficient lighting in Peru, to longer-term challenges of rising energy emissions in Brazil, and much else. The book compares the similarities and differences across eight elements that could assist in developing and implementing mitigation. The comparative analysis highlights both how challenging implementation can be in the context of development, but also points to factors that might enable ambitious mitigation. The comparison suggests that choice of Mas may be linked to institutional capacity, the resources a country is endowed with and hence its emissions profile. International support can be an important global enabler. The authors find that addressing both development and climate objectives is key. This book fills an important gap in the literature from developing country authors about mitigation actions in their own countries. This book was published as a special issue of Climate and Development.

Protecting the Atmosphere

Author : Sten Nilsson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134056095
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Protecting the Atmosphere written by Sten Nilsson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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

International Climate Change Law

Author : Daniel Bodansky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199664293
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book International Climate Change Law written by Daniel Bodansky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.