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Kyoto II and 'Houston Protocol' - on the future of international climate policy
Kyoto II und 'Houston Protokoll' - neue Impulse für die internationale Klimapolitik
[conference paper]
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Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
Abstract "The 'Kyoto Protocol', as the first and only implementation mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will expire by the year 2012. There are, however, many good reasons not to abandon this multilateral approach to climate change, but to soon go for a new round - 'Kyoto... view more
"The 'Kyoto Protocol', as the first and only implementation mechanism under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), will expire by the year 2012. There are, however, many good reasons not to abandon this multilateral approach to climate change, but to soon go for a new round - 'Kyoto II'. In doing so, the treaty must be thoroughly scrutinized for its deficiencies, as regards targets, instruments, and institutions. Particularly, and for various reasons, the Kyoto Protocol which is predominantly an economic concept should be supplemented by a technological companion - the 'Houston Protocol' - under the UN Climate Convention. This paper shows how such an innovative 'double strategy' of future climate policy might look like." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
implementation; climate protection; international agreement; multilateralism; climate change; environmental policy; international politics
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Ecology, Environment
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Method
applied research; descriptive study
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
40 p.
Series
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, 2007-004
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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