The Kyoto Protocol

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XX

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2. Building Blocks and Negotiating History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Science of Climate Change

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      Pages 3-12

   3. Key Players and Interests

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      Pages 13-32

   4. The Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Legal Basis of International Action

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      Pages 33-42

   5. The Berlin Mandate and the AGBM Process

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      Pages 43-58

   6. Outside the Climate Arena: Multilateral and Bilateral Diplomacy

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      Pages 59-64

   7. Changing the Balance: Governmental and Non-governmental Developments

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      Pages 65-76

   8. Kyoto: The Endgame

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      Pages 77-91

3. The Provisions of the Kyoto Protocol: A Commentary

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. Overview of Part II

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      Pages 95-98

   3. Preamble and Definitions (Article 1)

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      Pages 99-101

   4. Policies and Measures (Article 2)

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      Pages 103-114

   5. Emission Limitation and Reduction Commitments (Article 3)

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      Pages 115-140

   6. Joint Fulfilment of Commitments (Article 4)

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      Pages 141-150

   7. Joint Implementation (Article 6)

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      Pages 151-163

   8. The Clean Development Mechanism (Article 12)

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      Pages 165-185

   9. Emissions Trading (Article 17)

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      Pages 187-205

   10. Implementation Review and Compliance (Articles 5, 7, 8, 16, 18, 19)

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       Pages 207-223

   11. Developing Country Participation (Articles 10, 11)

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       Pages 225-238

The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997 was a major achievement in the endeavour to tackle the problem of global climate change at the dawn of the 21st century. After many years of involvement in the negotiation process, the book's two internationally recognised authors now offer the international community a first hand and inside perspective of the debate on the Kyoto Protocol. The book provides a comprehensive scholarly analysis of the history and content of the Protocol itself as well as of the economic, political and legal implications of its implementation. It also presents a perspective for the further development of the climate regime. These important features make this book an indispensable working tool for policy makers, negotiators, academics and all those actively involved and interested in climate change issues in both the developed and developing world.

• Climate Change
• Climate Policy
• Emissions Trading
• development
• environmental policy
• environmental sciences
• air pollution and air quality
• ecotoxicology

• Ecologic, Berlin, Germany

  Sebastian Oberthür

• Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Wuppertal, Germany

  Hermann E. Ott

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