The Principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibility and the Balance of Commitments under the Climate Regime

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lavanya Rajamani
Keyword(s):  
Climate Regime ◽  
Common But Differentiated Responsibility

scholarly journals Worldview Struggles under a New Climate Regime

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Johannessen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Burden Sharing ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Climate Regime ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Common But Differentiated Responsibility

Abstract The UN summit on climate change in Durban constituted an important moment in the continuous discourse on how to understand climate change and the framing of the problems and solutions. A new emergent frame of understanding could be detected in the press, which the author calls the ‘out-dated worldview’ frame. This frame contains a critique of the clear-cut division between developing vs. developed countries from the 1992 Rio Convention, and may influence how we understand burden-sharing roles in a new global climate deal. In an eager attempt to include all major polluters within a new climate regime, there is a danger that the principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibility’ will be ignored, which may be an attempt to excuse the rich industrialized countries from their responsibility after 150 years of benefitting from fossil-fuel-driven development.

scholarly journals Designing REDD+ to Be Just: Considerations for a Legally Binding Instrument

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowena MAGUIRE
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
International Negotiations ◽  
Climate Regime ◽  
International Climate ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Common But Differentiated Responsibility ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Clear Objective

The international climate regime is in the process of negotiating a legally binding instrument concerning Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+). The paper starts by exploring the complex web of decisions and advices that currently regulate REDD+ initiatives within the international climate regime. This is followed by an analysis of justice issues raised by non-state actors in the REDD+ international negotiations. The paper concludes by building on this analysis to identify some relevant considerations when seeking to design a just and legally binding REDD+ instrument. These considerations include: the impact of market- versus fund-based investment channels, the importance of defining a clear objective; the inclusion and role of international principles such as sovereignty, preventative action, common but differentiated responsibility, sustainable development, and Free, Prior, and Informed Consent; the appropriate design of REDD+ safeguards and the inclusion of grievance mechanisms within the instrument which provide guidance on resolving disputes associated with REDD+ investment.

CLIMATIC REGIME CHANGE IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC REGION, INDIAN AND SOUTHERN OCEANS AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Ponomarev ◽  
Vladimir Ponomarev ◽  
Elena Dmitrieva ◽  
Elena Dmitrieva ◽  
Svetlana Shkorba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Boreal Summer ◽  
Climate Regime ◽  
Precipitation Decrease ◽  
Recent Climate ◽  
South Siberia ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Southern Oceans

Multiple scale climate variability in Asia of temperate and high latitudes, Pacific, Indian and South Oceans, their features and linkages are studied by using statistical analyses of monthly mean time series of Hadley, Reynolds SST, surface net heat flux (Q), atmospheric pressure (SLP), air temperature (SAT) from NCEP NCAR reanalyses (1948-2015). Three multidecadal climatic regimes were revealed for the whole area studied by using cluster analyses via Principal Components of differences between values of Q, SLP, SAT in tropical and extratropical regions of the Asian Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans. The climate regime change in 70s of the 20th century in this area is confirmed by this method. It is also found that the climate regime is significantly changed at the end of the 20th century in both same area and World Ocean. The characteristic features of recent climate regime after 1996-1998 are SLP increase in the central extratropic area of Indian Ocean, North and South Pacific being prevailing in boreal winter. It is accompanying SLP increase and precipitation decrease in South Siberia and Mongolia prevailing in boreal summer. Inversed SLP and precipitation anomaly associated with increase of cyclone activity and extreme events in the land-ocean marginal zones including Southern Ocean, eastern Arctic, eastern Indian, western and eastern Pacific margins. It is known that low frequency PDO phase is also changed at the same time.

Building a More Effective Global Climate Regime Bottom-Up

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Stewart ◽  
Michael Oppenheimer ◽  
Bryce Rudyk
Keyword(s):  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Regime ◽  
Bottom Up

CLIMATIC REGIME CHANGE IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC REGION, INDIAN AND SOUTHERN OCEANS AT THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Ponomarev ◽  
Vladimir Ponomarev ◽  
Elena Dmitrieva ◽  
Elena Dmitrieva ◽  
Svetlana Shkorba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Regime Change ◽  
World Ocean ◽  
Boreal Summer ◽  
Climate Regime ◽  
Precipitation Decrease ◽  
Recent Climate ◽  
South Siberia ◽  
Asian Pacific ◽  
Southern Oceans

Multiple scale climate variability in Asia of temperate and high latitudes, Pacific, Indian and South Oceans, their features and linkages are studied by using statistical analyses of monthly mean time series of Hadley, Reynolds SST, surface net heat flux (Q), atmospheric pressure (SLP), air temperature (SAT) from NCEP NCAR reanalyses (1948-2015). Three multidecadal climatic regimes were revealed for the whole area studied by using cluster analyses via Principal Components of differences between values of Q, SLP, SAT in tropical and extratropical regions of the Asian Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans. The climate regime change in 70s of the 20th century in this area is confirmed by this method. It is also found that the climate regime is significantly changed at the end of the 20th century in both same area and World Ocean. The characteristic features of recent climate regime after 1996-1998 are SLP increase in the central extratropic area of Indian Ocean, North and South Pacific being prevailing in boreal winter. It is accompanying SLP increase and precipitation decrease in South Siberia and Mongolia prevailing in boreal summer. Inversed SLP and precipitation anomaly associated with increase of cyclone activity and extreme events in the land-ocean marginal zones including Southern Ocean, eastern Arctic, eastern Indian, western and eastern Pacific margins. It is known that low frequency PDO phase is also changed at the same time.

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