Download This PaperCompliance and Enforcement in the Climate Change Regime
Erkki Hollo, Kati Kulovesi and Michael Mehling (eds.), Climate Change and the Law (Berlin: Springer, 2012).
22 Pages Posted: 31 May 2012 Last revised: 17 Apr 2020
Date Written: May 30, 2012
Abstract
This chapter tracks the work of the compliance committee under Kyoto Protocol since the operationalization of the Kyoto compliance system in 2006. The basic elements of the compliance system, including its facilitative and enforcement branches, are described. Key issues brought before the committee between 2006 and 2012 are reviewed. In particular, the effectiveness of the more active enforcement branch is assessed through the first 7 issues of implementation brought before the branch. The case against Greece, the first matter considered by the branch, is considered in detailed, followed by an assessment of issues raised in the six subsequent cases. Finally, some opportunities to strengthen the Kyoto compliance system are identified.
Keywords: Compliance, Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC, Climate Change
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