Climate negotiations beyond Kyoto: developing countries concerns and interests
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Climate Policy
- Vol. 3 (3), 221-231
- https://doi.org/10.3763/cpol.2003.0329
Abstract
Five years down the road from Kyoto, the Protocol that bears that city's name still awaits enough qualifying ratifications to come into force. While attention has been understandably focussed on the ratification process, it is time to begin thinking about the next steps for the global climate regime, particularly in terms of a deeper inclusion of developing countries' concerns and interests. This paper begins doing so from the perspective of the developing countries. The principal argument is that we need to return to the basic principles outlined in the Framework Convention on Climate Change in searching for a north—south bargain on climate change. Such a bargain may be achievable if we can realign the policy architecture of the climate regime to its original stated goals of sustainable development.Keywords
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