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Informationen zum Autor Dr Friedrich Soltau joined the United Nations in 2000! working since 2003 on a range of issues related to climate change! energy! and sustainable development. Prior to joining the United Nations! he taught in the Law Faculty at the University of Cape Town. His research interests in the area of climate change focus on issues of fairness and equity! which were the subject of his doctoral dissertation! as well as adaptation to climate change and legal and policy issues related to new energy technologies. Klappentext This 2009 work analyses fairness dimensions of the climate regime. Zusammenfassung This work analyses fairness dimensions of the climate regime. A central issue in international policy is how countries should allocate the burden of addressing global climate change. With the link between human activities and climate change clearly established there is a renewed sense of urgency in addressing the problem. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Fairness; 2. The science of climate change and the energy challenge; 3. Development of the international climate change regime; 4. Theoretical aspects of equity and fairness; 5. Equity and fairness in the climate change regime; 6. Evaluation of proposals for future climate policy; 7. Conclusion.
