INTERNATIONALLY TRADEABLE EMISSION CERTIFICATES. LINKING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT

摘要

The "Berlin Mandate", the most important concluding document of the first Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, passed on 7 April 1995, has the following to say with respect to the formulation and implementation ofaglobal climate policy: "The Parties should protect the climate system for the benefit of present and future generations of humankind, on the basis of equity and in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities". It continues: "the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible co-operation by all countries... developed countries [should] set quantified target limitation and reduction objectives within specified time frames, such as 2005, 2010 and 2020", Finally, it states that "the process should begin without delay" (Berlin Mandate 1995).