Article(electronic)April 2016
The Paris Climate Change Agreement: A New Hope?
In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Volume 110, Issue 2, p. 288-319
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Abstract
Know your limits. This familiar adage is not an inspirational rallying cry or a recipe for bold action. It serves better as the motto for the tortoise than the hare. But, after many false starts over the past twenty years, states were well advised to heed it when negotiating the Paris Agreement. While it is still far too early to say whether the Agreement will be a success, its comparatively modest approach provides a firmer foundation on which to build than its more ambitious predecessor, the Kyoto Protocol.
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English
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
ISSN: 2161-7953
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