Some lessons of the IAEA's nuclear non-proliferation regime for confidence-building under a greenhouse gas convention

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5779678

Feldman, D L ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA) Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (USA). Energy, Environment and Resources Center

The IAEA's nuclear non-proliferation regime provides valuable insights into how to enhance the process of negotiations among participants to a greenhouse gas (GHG) convention. IAEA employs an iterative approach to verification that accepts the need for long, arduous negotiations to explore all possible routes to agreement, replicates carefully formulated agreements in more specialized contexts, incorporates scientific and advocacy groups to ensure adaptability to changing economic/political conditions, and uses confidence-building measures that rely on quiet diplomacy and rigorous compliance criteria. Insights from IAEA's nuclear non-proliferation regime for a GHG convention include the need to ensure equality among signatories, provide inclusive participation, place verification activities in small, politically-neutral bodies to resolve anomalies, provide sufficient infrastructure to recruit and train those charged with independent auditing, ensure budgetary independence and non-governmental/intergovernmental organization support, and recognize that successful agreements with detailed rules and regulations generally result from a hierarchical process of negotiations. Signatories to a GHG convention might engage in a symbolic commitment to an international inspection/auditing body with benefits to international education and enhancing awareness of the impact of GHGs. 36 refs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5779678
• Report Number(s): CONF-9106200-1; ON: DE91013630
• Resource Relation: Conference: A regime to control greenhouse gases: issues of verification, monitoring, institutions, Juelich (Germany, F.R.), 12-14 Jun 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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