Author: Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Fourth Compilation and Synthesis of Initial National Communications from Parties Not Included in Annex 1 to the Convention
Author: Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Compilation and Synthesis of Fourth National Communications
Author: Compilation and Synthesis of Fourth National Communications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Summary : This document contains the first part of the compilation and synthesis report of the fourth national communications submitted to the secretariat by Parties included in Annex I to the Convention. It provides information on a range of issues relating to the implementation of the Convention, such as national circumstances; greenhouse gas inventories, policies and measures; and emissions projections and estimates of the total effect of policies and measures.
Compilation and Synthesis of Supplementary Information Incorporated in Fourth National Communications Submitted in Accordance with Article 7, Paragraph 2, of the Kyoto Protocol
Author: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Handbook
Author: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangePublisher:
ISBN: 9789292190316
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
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.
International Climate Change Law and State Compliance
Author: Alexander ZaharPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134617003
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
A solution to the problem of climate change requires close international cooperation and difficult reforms involving all states. Law has a clear role to play in that solution. What is not so clear is the role that law has played to date as a constraining factor on state conduct. International Climate Change Law and State Compliance is an unprecedented treatment of the nature of climate change law and the compliance of states with that law. The book argues that the international climate change regime, in the twenty or so years it has been in existence, has developed certain normative rules of law, binding on states. State conduct under these rules is characterized by generally high compliance in areas where equity is not a major concern. There is, by contrast, low compliance in matters requiring a burden-sharing agreement among states to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to a ‘safe’ level. The book argues that the substantive climate law presently in place must be further developed, through normative rules that bind states individually to top-down mitigation commitments. While a solution to the problem of climate change must take this form, the law’s development in this direction is likely to be hesitant and slow. The book is aimed at scholars and graduate students in environmental law, international law, and international relations.
The International Climate Change Regime
Author: Farhana YaminPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139447751
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive, authoritative and independent account of the rules, institutions and procedures governing the international climate change regime. Its detailed yet user-friendly description and analysis covers the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and all decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties up to 2003, including the landmark Marrakesh Accords. Mitigation commitments, adaptation, the flexibility mechanisms, reporting and review, compliance, education and public awareness, technology transfer, financial assistance and climate research are just some of the areas that are reviewed. The book also explains how the regime works, including a discussion of its political coalitions, institutional structure, negotiation process, administrative base, and linkages with other international regimes. In short, this book is the only current work that covers all areas of the climate change regime in such depth, yet in such a uniquely accessible and objective way.
International Economic Law, Globalization and Developing Countries
Author: Julio FaundezPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1849806675
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
This book is both breathtaking in its scope and impressive in its attention to legal and institutional detail in situating developing countries in the evolving body of international economic law. Essays in this volume canvas most important areas of international economic law, including international trade law, international financial regulation, the regulation of foreign direct investment and multinational corporations, foreign aid, the enforcement of human rights standards and core international labour standards on multinational corporations, international enforcement of anti-corruption conventions, international competition law, international intellectual property rights, and international environmental law. A pervasive theme, compellingly developed, in most of these papers is the asymmetric structure of international institutions that generate rules in these various areas, in which developing countries are mostly rule takers, rather than equal participants. The current global financial crisis may provide a welcome opportunity for re-evaluating these institutional asymmetries. In any such re-evaluation, this book will provide a veritable cornucopia of constructive new insights.
Climate Change 2014
Author: Groupe d'experts intergouvernemental sur l'évolution du climatPublisher:
ISBN: 9789291691432
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Understanding Society and Natural Resources
Author: Michael J. ManfredoPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9401789592
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In this edited open access book leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective integration of the social science disciplines as a means for furthering natural resource social science and environmental problem solving. The chapters provide an overview of the history, vision, advances, examples and methods that could lead to integration. The quest for integration among the social sciences is not new. Some argue that the social sciences have lagged in their advancements and contributions to society due to their inability to address integration related issues. Integration merits debate for a number of reasons. First, natural resource issues are complex and are affected by multiple proximate driving social factors. Single disciplinary studies focused at one level are unlikely to provide explanations that represent this complexity and are limited in their ability to inform policy recommendations. Complex problems are best explored across disciplines that examine social-ecological phenomenon from different scales. Second, multi-disciplinary initiatives such as those with physical and biological scientists are necessary to understand the scope of the social sciences. Too frequently there is a belief that one social scientist on a multi-disciplinary team provides adequate social science representation. Third, more complete models of human behavior will be achieved through a synthesis of diverse social science perspectives.