EVOLUTION OF MITIGATION COMMITMENTS: SOME KEY ISSUES

摘要

The successes of the Bonn and Marrakech meetings of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC open the door to the ratification process by most industrialised country Parties and, presumably, to entry-into-force of the Kyoto Protocol. While implementation of the Kyoto Protocol will still require attention and effort from both national administrations and the international community, the focus of attention will increasingly begin to turn to the longer-term picture. It is clear that adaptation to climate change as well as wider issues of sustainable development are of increasing importance in the climate debate. This paper, however, focuses largely on issues of mitigation.