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The Kyoto Protocol - International Climate Policy for the 21st Century. Foreword by Ernst U. von Weizsäcker

English · Paperback / Softback

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The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997 was a major achievement in the endeavour to tackle the problem of global climate change at the dawn of the 21st century. After many years of involvement in the negotiation process, the book's two internationally recognised authors now offer the international community a first hand and inside perspective of the debate on the Kyoto Protocol. The book provides a comprehensive scholarly analysis of the history and content of the Protocol itself as well as of the economic, political and legal implications of its implementation. It also presents a perspective for the further development of the climate regime. These important features make this book an indispensable working tool for policy makers, negotiators, academics and all those actively involved and interested in climate change issues in both the developed and developing world.

List of contents

I Building Blocks and Negotiating History.- 1. The Science of Climate Change.- 2. Key Players and Interests.- 3. The Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Legal Basis of International Action.- 4. The Berlin Mandate and the AGBM Process.- 5. Outside the Climate Arena: Multilateral and Bilateral Diplomacy.- 6. Changing the Balance: Governmental and Non-governmental Developments.- 7. Kyoto: The Endgame.- II The Provisions of the Kyoto Protocol: A Commentary.- 8. Overview of Part II.- 9. Preamble and Definitions (Article 1).- 10. Policies and Measures (Article 2).- 11. Emission Limitation and Reduction Commitments (Article 3).- 12. Joint Fulfilment of Commitments (Article 4).- 13. Joint Implementation (Article 6).- 14. The Clean Development Mechanism (Article 12).- 15. Emissions Trading (Article 17).- 16. Implementation Review and Compliance (Articles 5, 7, 8, 16, 18, 19).- 17. Developing Country Participation (Articles 10, 11).- 18. Institutions (Articles 13, 14, 15).- 19. Review, Development and Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol (Articles 3.9, 9, 20, 21).- 20. Final Provisions of the Kyoto Protocol (Articles 22-28).- III Conclusions and Outlook.- 21. Lessons from the Kyoto Process.- 22. Evaluation of the Kyoto Protocol.- 23. Synergies and Conflicts with Other International Institutions.- 24. The Landscape of International Climate Politics at the Turn of the Century.- 25. A View from the Anthill: Towards a Leadership Initiative on Climate Change.- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

About the author

Dipl.-Physiker Dr. Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker, geb. 1939 in Zürich geboren, absolvierte nach dem Abitur 1958 in Göttingen ein Studium der Chemie und Physik in Hamburg.1968 wurde er an der Universität Freiburg im Breisgau bei Bernhard Hassenstein mit einer Arbeit zum Formensehen der Bienen zum Dr. rer. nat. promoviert. Von 1969-72 war Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker wissenschaftlicher Referent bei der Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft in Heidelberg. 1972 nahm er den Ruf der Universität-Gesamthochschule Essen als ordentlicher Professor für Biologie an. Von 1975-80 war er Präsident der Universität Kassel. 1981 wechselte er dann als Direktor an das UNO-Zentrum für Wissenschaft und Technologie in New York, von 1984-91 war er dann Direktor des Instituts für Europäische Umweltpolitik Bonn, Paris, London. Von 1991-2000 war er Präsident des Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie. Von Januar 2006 bis Dezember 2008 war er Dekan der Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara. Seitdem ist er nach eigenen Angaben 'freiberuflich' in Emmendingen tätig. 2011 wurde Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker mit dem 'Theodor Heuss Preis' ausgezeichnet.

Product details

Authors Sebastia Oberthür, Sebastian Oberthür, Hermann E Ott, Hermann E. Ott, E. U. von Weizsäcker
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 11.10.2010
 
EAN 9783642085758
ISBN 978-3-642-08575-8
No. of pages 360
Dimensions 155 mm x 20 mm x 235 mm
Weight 575 g
Illustrations XX, 360 p.
Series International and European Environmental Policy Series
International and European Environmental Policy Series
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous

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