GOV108 Theme 1

Main take-aways from mandatory readings

Arias, P. A. et al. (2021)

IPCC Summary

Scientific overview of impact of human activities on climate change

Aklin, M., & Mildenberger, M. (2020)

Prisoners of the wrong dilemma:

Not a collective action problem: Contries implement climate action regardless of climate treaties dealing with freeriding.

Rather a distributive conflict: Climate action is controlled by conflicting interest caused by material redistribution due to green transition.

Knill, C. & Tosun, J. (2012)

Public policy: a new introduction

Introduction to theory of public policy

Meta perspective on policy making, types of studies of politics.

Grubb, M. (2016)

Full legal compliance with the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period - some lessons

100% compliance with the first commitment period of Kyoto.

International Law matters, everyone seems to comply even without a leviathon.

Clean Develeopment Mechanism(CDM) was used in stead of Joint Implementation(JI)

Paris NDC’s lack comparability, differing metrics

Bulmer, J. et al. (2017)

Negotiating History of the Paris Agreement:

Discussion of post 2012 target begins in 2005 in Motreal with ‘the dialoge‘

Twin-track Bali roadmap both kyoto track and negotiation track

COP15 fails

COP17 Durban Mandate: Moving away from annex split.

COP19 INDCs begins to exist

COP21 Paris Agreement

Gupta, J. and J. Allan. (2023)

A survival guide for new and lonely climate change negotiators:

Negotiating context of climate: Timelime of previous deals, overview of UNFCCC, overview of Kyoto and Paris.

Overview of the types of groups, formal, informal…

The informal processes seem to the buttom of the iceberg.

UNFCCC (1992)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Article 2:

“prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.”

Article 7.1:

“A Conference of the Parties is hereby established.”

Annex 1:

List of Annex 1 Countries

UNFCCC (1997)

The Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC:

Article 3.1

“Not exceed … 5 percent below 5% below 1990”

Atricle 5.1

Annex 1 need estimation of national emissions and sinks.

Article 6.1

Carbon trading and supplemental to domestic actions.

12.1-12.2

Clean delevopment mechanism(CDM)

Annex B

List of quantified emission goals.

UNFCCC (2015)

Paris Agreement:

Article 4.1-4.9

Peak as fast as possible based on equity, NDC, NDC shall be progressive from last one, new NDC every 5 years based on global stocktake

Article 6.1

Voluntary cooperation of NDC to allow for higher green ambition.

Article 14

There will be a global stocktake every 5 years.