| Description |
xxx, 699 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Joke Waller Hunter -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview -- 3. Regime participants -- 4. Objective and principles -- 5. Mitigation commitments -- 6. Flexibility mechanisms -- 7. Research, systematic observation, education, training and public awareness -- 8. Adaptation -- 9. Impacts of response measures -- 10. Finance, technology and capacity-building -- 11. Reporting and review -- 12. Compliance -- 13. Institutions -- 14. The negotiation process -- 15. Scientific and technical input -- 16. Administering the regime -- 17. Linkages -- 18. Evolution of the regime -- 19. Conclusions : taking stock and moving forward -- App. I. List of parties, their groups and key statistics -- App. II. Annex I Party fact sheets : emissions, targets and projections for Annex I Parties and groupings -- App. III. Table of articles, issues and COP decisions |
| Summary |
"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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-675) and index |
| Subject |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Organization)
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| SUBJECT |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992 May 9). http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no92029491 Protocols, etc., 1997 December 11
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| Subject |
Climatic changes -- Government policy.
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Global warming -- Government policy.
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Environmental management -- International cooperation.
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| Author |
Depledge, Joanna.
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| LC no. |
2004049737 |
| ISBN |
0521840899 |
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0521600596 |
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0521840899 (hardback) |
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