Paris Climate Agreement: A Deal for Better Compliance?

Lessons Learned from the Compliance Mechanisms of the Kyoto and Montreal Protocols
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-14312-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 511 g

Reihe: The Anthropocene: Politik-Economics-Society-Science

This book discusses options for an improved compliance system under the Paris Climate Agreement by addressing  current weaknesses. The research is based on two cases, the Compliance Mechanisms of the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols and their outcomes in practice. This book analysed the different meanings of tthe compliance concept of Compliance Mechanisms (CMs) and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in chapter 3, on the theories and two basic explanatory models on compliance (chapter 4), on the development of CMs and the limitations of traditional means (chapter 5), and the questions on the CMs under the Kyoto and the Montreal Protocols (chapter 6). Based on its findings, options for an improved compliance system under the Paris Climate agreement are asked (chapter 7).  This book • Offers a detailed understanding of compliance and existing  compliance mechanisms (CMs),• elaborates the CMs' present features on the basis of its case studies,• includes the latest information on CMs and its case studies,• discusses options for an improved compliance system under the Paris Climate Agreement figuring out the current weaknesses

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Savasan, Zerrin

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Luftreinhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.Introduction.- 2.Conceptual Framework: Compliance and Compliance Mechanism.- 3.Theoretical Perspectives and Explanatory Models of Compliance.- 4.Compliance Mechanisms: A General Overview.- 5.Case Study I: Ozone Layer Depletion.- 6.Case Study II: Climate Change.- 7.Conclusion.