Conflicting beliefs: National implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning
In March of 1994, the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) entered into force. This convention requires nations to formulate, implement, and regularly update national programs to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts, and to communicate to the international community information about their efforts to comply. The parties to the convention must then review these national reports and assess the effects of all the parties` efforts to meet the objective of the convention. In April of 1995, most developed countries provided to the international community their first national reports. The majority of these have been judged disappointing in that the policies and measures adopted will surely fail to meet the ultimate objective of the convention. The parties have now determined that the commitments contained in the treaty are inadequate and have agreed to negotiate additional, more stringent, commitments by 1997. Should there be agreement on these additional commitments, however, it is not clear whether or not nations would indeed be able to meet them.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 404438
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal Name: Environmental Impact Assessment Review Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 16; ISSN 0195-9255; ISSN EIARDK
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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