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Problems created by global climate change, the Kyoto Protocol's role in addressing these issues, questions that were addressed after the Kyoto Protocol's creation, & the achievements of the fourth Conference of the Parties are examined. An overview of the principal climate-change concerns identified at the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is presented. An additional overview of the Kyoto Protocol's accomplishments, eg, the establishment of mechanisms for implementing, legitimizing, & evaluating emission commitments from ratifying countries, is provided. Several issues that the Kyoto Protocol were unable to resolve are then identified, eg, the creation of domestic policies & measures to control emissions & the implementation of a clean development mechanism. The major accomplishments of the fourth Conference of the Parties are then discussed. It is concluded that ratifying nations' commitment to the Kyoto Protocol must be strengthened & that nonratifying nations must be encouraged to accept the international agreement to contain climate change. J. W. Parker

Four years of negotiation over the adoption of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity & the outcome of its adoption are discussed. Negotiations on a biosafety protocol were launched in late 1995 to address the risks posed to biological diversity from biotechnological & genetic modifications. The negotiations dealt with scope, decision making on imports, & links to trade agreements. The attending countries were sharply divided on ethical questions & trade issues. The talks broke down in early 1999, but the Protocol was approved in Montreal in Jan 2000, in part due to increased public concern over genetic modification & the stalled World Trade Organization talks in Seattle in Nov/Dec 1999. The Protocol represents a victory for environmental protection over trade liberalization, but it must be ratified & enforced. 2 References. M. Pflum

This book presents a comprehensive, authoritative and independent account of the rules, institutions and procedures governing the international climate change regime. Its detailed yet user-friendly description and analysis covers the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and all decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties up to 2003, including the landmark Marrakesh Accords. Mitigation commitments, adaptation, the flexibility mechanisms, reporting and review, compliance, education and public awareness, technology transfer, financial assistance and climate research are just some of the areas that are reviewed. The book also explains how the regime works, including a discussion of its political coalitions, institutional structure, negotiation process, administrative base, and linkages with other international regimes. In short, this book is the only current work that covers all areas of the climate change regime in such depth, yet in such a uniquely accessible and objective way

This book presents a comprehensive, authoritative and independent account of the rules, institutions and procedures governing the international climate change regime. Its detailed yet user-friendly description and analysis covers the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and all decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties up to 2003, including the landmark Marrakesh Accords. Mitigation commitments, adaptation, the flexibility mechanisms, reporting and review, compliance, education and public awareness, technology transfer, financial assistance and climate research are just some of the areas that are reviewed. The book also explains how the regime works, including a discussion of its political coalitions, institutional structure, negotiation process, administrative base, and linkages with other international regimes. In short, this book is the only current work that covers all areas of the climate change regime in such depth, yet in such a uniquely accessible and objective way