Challenges and Outcomes at the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Suraje?DessaiEmail author E?Lisa?F?Schipper Esteve?Corbera Bo?Kjellén María?Gutiérrez Alex?Haxeltine |
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Institution: | (1) Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK;(2) School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK;(3) School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK;(4) Ministry of the Environment, 103 33 Stockholm, Sweden;(5) Department of Anthropology, Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA |
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Abstract: | From 1 to 12 December 2003, the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention took place in Milan, Italy. This conference continued the laborious effort of developing an international climate regime by preparing for the Kyoto Protocol’s entry into force. Some two dozen decisions were adopted on a wide range of options for responding to climate change. This paper assesses the progress achieved at the conference on a number of issues. Among these were operational details for implementing forestry projects under the Convention’s Clean Development Mechanism, and guidelines for reporting on greenhouse gas emissions and removals from agriculture, forestry and land-use change. Parties also decided on rules with respect to two funds, the Special Climate Change Fund and the Least Developed Country Fund. With respect to developing countries, Parties continued discussions on rules for building response capacity in light of the expected adverse effects of climate change and transferring environmentally sound technology. They also discussed how to incorporate scientific advice from the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change into the negotiations. Although Russia did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol prior to the conference, Milan demonstrated momentum and interest among Parties to support the climate regime. Nevertheless, it is doubtful whether the detailed discussions were able to contribute to preparing for the long term. To this end, this paper concludes that more discussion and leadership is required to bridge the North/South gap if a post-2012 climate regime is to stand. |
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Keywords: | climate change climate policy Conference of Parties United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol Marrakech Accords |
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