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Technology transfer in the international climate negotiations – the state of play and suggestions for the way forward
Facilitating the transfer of climate technologies is one of the main elements of the ongoing climate change negotiations. Despite limited progress overall during COP 15 in Copenhagen, clear progress has been made on the issue of technology transfer. ...
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The eco-patent commons and environmental technology transfer: implications for efforts to tackle climate change
This article explores the potential role and pitfalls of corporate initiatives related to access to intellectual property in the transfer of environmentally friendly technology especially to developing countries. An initial investigation of how ...
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Sector no lose targets in the context of a post-2012 climate agreement
This article analyzes the issues that must be addressed to develop a viable sector no lose target option in the context of a post-2012 international climate regime. It will explain the concept and the challenges that need to be overcome for sector ...
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Protectionism under a green label: analysis in light of the waxman-markey climate change bill of 2009
This research article analyzes and evaluates the key provisions of the Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill, which was introduced to establish an aggressive cap-and-trade programme aimed at promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reducing ...
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Improving the Clean Development Mechanism Post-2012: A Developing Country Perspective
In this article, we assess the future prospects of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) from the perspective of a developing country, drawing on Vietnam as a case study. First, we review the performance of the CDM and describe the evolution of ...
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The Legacy of the Climate Talks in Copenhagen: Hopenhagen or Brokenhagen?
This article explores the process and substance of the Copenhagen climate talks in December, 2009, and what they may mean for the future of the climate change regime. The negotiations are considered in their historical context. The substance is ...
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Climate change and CO2 in the oceans and global oceans governance
This paper describes some of the effects climate change is having on the oceans and some of the resulting implications for international oceans governance. It describes short- and medium-term measures that could be taken to meet the challenges posed ...
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Shifting Limits? Sea Level Rise and Options to Secure Maritime Jurisdictional Claims
Among the many threats posed by sea-level rise is the potential impact of this phenomen on the extent of the maritime jurisdictional claims of coastal States. This paper provides a brief discussion of sea-level rise, before examining ways in which ...
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Marine Snow Storms: Assessing the environmental risks of ocean fertilization
The threats posed by climate change to the global environment have fostered heightened scientific and commercial interest in marine geo-engineering schemes designed to boost the capacity of the oceans to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide. This is ...
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Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change
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Geo-engineering, the Law of the Sea, and Climate Change
Plans to address climate change increasingly include proposals for geo-engineering projects, whose effects are likely to be global, at best only partly predictable, not necessarily wholly benign, and extend beyond their objective. Geo-engineering ...
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Ocean Acidification: A Litmus Test for International Law
Ocean acidification, the changing chemistry of the oceans as a result of the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is caused by the atmospheric pollutant that is also the main driver of anthropogenic climate change, having effects on the ...
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Across the Top of the World? Emerging Arctic Navigational Opportunities and Arctic Governance
The Arctic Ocean has witnessed dramatic thinning and melting of sea ice cover as a consequence of climate change in recent years. This has led to increasing access to and thus activities in the Arctic region, including with regard to shipping. ...
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The impacts of climate change on poverty alleviation: Managing the risks
This paper will consider the distributional impact of climate change on developed and developing countries and, in particular, flag the potential for climate change policies to negate development objectives for the poorest countries. Developing ...
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Current Developments in Carbon & Climate Law (International, European Union, North America)
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In the Market. Market-Based Instruments for International Shipping: Progress on the Horizon?
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One, two or one and a half protocols? An assessment of suggested options for the legal form of the Post-2012 climate regime
This research article analyses and evaluates three options for the legal form of the future UN Climate Change Regime to be agreed upon at the Copenhagen Climate Summit. After a short introduction (I) and an overview of key challenges for a future ...
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Stakeholder-based Scenarios for Post-2012 Climate Policy: A Participatory Approach
We performed a study to define the key elements of feasible global climate policy scenarios for the post-2012 UNFCCC regime by contacting – through a series of questionnaires – 149 stakeholders involved in climate-change discussions. We applied a ...
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Climate Change, Justice, and Clean Development – A Review of the Copenhagen Negotiating Draft
We performed a study to define the key elements of feasible global climate policy scenarios for the post-2012 UNFCCC regime by contacting – through a series of questionnaires – 149 stakeholders involved in climate-change discussions. We applied a ...
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The Carbon Market and the Post-2012 Climate Regime: Key Legal Scenarios
Less then six months before Copenhagen, even the broad outline of the post-2012 legal framework remains undecided. The reasons for this are both political and procedural. Legal issues are politically highly sensitive – this is the main reason why ...