Implementing The Climate Regime

by Stokke, Olav; Hovi, Jon; Ulfstein, Geir

• ISBN13: 9781844071616
• ISBN10: 1844071618
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

* Comprehensive examination of the compliance system of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol * Covers development and design of the system, obstacles to its effectiveness, the role of state and non-state parties, and the importance of trade measures and other factors for compliance * Contributions from leading international political scientists, lawyers, economists, and natural scientists to this crucial aspect of climate policy Global warming is the most severe environmental challenge faced by humanity today, and the costs of responding effectively will be high. While Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol ensures the treaty's entry into force, lack of capacity, or incentives to renege on their commitments, will impede mitigation efforts in many countries. An important prerequisite for the proper functioning of the Protocol is that its compliance system--which is spelled out by the Marrakesh Accords--proves effective. Implementing the Climate Regime describes and analyzes Kyoto's compliance system. Organized into four parts, Part I describes the emergence and design of the compliance system, while Part II analyzes various challenges to its effective operation--such as the development of norms, verification, and the danger that the use of punitive "consequences" may also hurt compliant countries. Part III discusses the potential role of external enforcement, with particular emphasis on trade sanctions. Part IV addresses the relationship between Kyoto compliance on one hand, and international governance, oil companies, and green NGOs on the other.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Notes on Contributors	ix
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction and Main Findings	1	(16)
Part I: The Kyoto Compliance Regime: Emergence and Design
1 The Negotiation of a Kyoto Compliance System	17	(22)
2 The Kyoto Compliance System: Towards Hard Enforcement	39	(26)
Part II: Challenges to Effective Operation of the Compliance Regime
3 Flexibility, Compliance and Norm Development in the Climate Regime	65	(20)
4 Reporting and Verification of Emissions and Removals of Greenhouse Gases	85	(22)
5 Effective Enforcement and Double-edged Deterrents: How the Impacts of Sanctions also Affect Complying Parties	107	(22)
Part III: External Enforcement - Parties and Non-parties
6 The Pros and Cons of External Enforcement	129	(18)
7 Trade Measures, WTO and Climate Compliance: The Interplay of International Regimes	147	(22)
Part IV: Compliance, NGOs and International Governance
8 The Role of Green NGOs in Promoting Climate Compliance	169	(18)
9 Major Oil Companies in Climate Policy: Strategies and Compliance	187	(22)
10 Enhancing Climate Compliance - What are the Lessons to Learn from Environmental Regimes and the EU?	209	(24)
Epilogue: The Future of Kyoto's Compliance System	233	(4)
Index	237