ALONGSIDE THE UNFCCC: COMPLEMENTARY VENUES FOR CLIMATE ACTION
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@MISC{Asselt_alongsidethe,
author = {Harro Van Asselt},
title = {ALONGSIDE THE UNFCCC: COMPLEMENTARY VENUES FOR CLIMATE ACTION},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Climate change is a multi-faceted challenge that is intrinsically connected to a broad range of other issue areas, and it must be addressed on multiple fronts. In considering the global response to climate change post-2020, it is important to consider not only the central role of the United Nations Framework Conven-tion on Climate Change (UNFCCC), but also the potential roles of other international regimes and initia-tives, and links among them. This paper provides a brief overview of relevant non-UNFCCC venues and suggests some broad issues for policymakers. OVERVIEW The UNFCCC acknowledges the potential contributions of other international venues to the global climate effort, with references, for instance, to “greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. ” The Kyoto Protocol also envisages a division of labor, speci cally delegating the regulation of emissions from international aviation and shipping to, respectively, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Over time, a growing number of other international forums have devoted at-tention to climate change, and new forums focused on speci c dimensions of the climate issue have emerged.1 The growing role of non-UNFCCC venues and ini-tiatives has not gone unnoticed within the UNFCCC. Most notably, within the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), parties have focused on the potential contributions of “inter-national cooperative initiatives ” (ICIs) in strengthening pre-2020 ambition.2 Non-UNFCCC forums relevant to the post-2020 inter-national effort take a variety of forms.3 Among the nine venues reviewed here:
Keyphrases
alongside unfccc complementary venue climate action climate change potential contribution broad range united nation framework conven-tion international maritime organization multi-faceted challenge speci dimension enhanced action global response durban platform central role non-unfccc forum non-unfccc venue climate issue kyoto protocol ad hoc working group change post-2020 new forum global climate effort broad issue international regime international venue multiple front international aviation international civil aviation organization potential role relevant non-unfccc venue international forum montreal protocol issue area inter-national cooperative initiative brief overview pre-2020 ambition post-2020 inter-national effort
