Climate Change and Energy Programme - Publications

Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change

Papers from an international symposium on Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change, organised by FIELD and project partners Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, CSERGE and IIED have now been published by MIT Press in a book entitled 'Fairness in Adaptation to Climate Change' (eds) Adger, N., Paavola, J., Huq, S. and Mace, M.J. This book brings together pieces by leading scholars in a range of disciplines, including natural scientists, social scientists, lawyers, economists, policymakers and educators, to discuss equity and justice issues around adaptation to the impacts of climate change. The book examines the challenges of ensuring that policy responses to climate change do not place undue and unfair burdens on already vulnerable populations. It argues that the key to successful adaptation lies in recognising the equity and justice issues inherent in both the causes of climate change, and in our human responses to this new challenge.

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Guide to the Kyoto Mechanisms

FIELD and the Institute of Development Studies have produced a guide to the Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanisms: joint implementation (JI), emissions trading (ET) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The guide is in the form of three linked volumes forming a practical account of the applicable and emerging rules governing the mechanisms. It is intended to be accessible to a wide range of academic, business, government and other groups likely to be involved with the Kyoto Mechanisms.

The first volume gives an explanation of the rules, institutions and procedures agreed to date by parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change governing the Kyoto Mechanisms. It will also cover rules of procedure, work programme and decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the CDM. The volume will examine the historical background of the mechanisms, and the policy perspectives of different countries which have informed the process.

The second volume of the Guide sets out the applicable European Union rules governing the Kyoto Mechanisms, discussing existing rules that need to be taken into account by Member States in their dealings with the mechanisms. The focus of this volume will be on additional rules implementing Kyoto Mechanisms, in particular the proposed EU Directive on emissions trading and the upcoming proposal for a Directive linking the EU trading regime to CDM and JI, together with the effect of these rules on accession countries.

The third volume focuses on the implementation of Kyoto rules outside the EU, focusing on key developing countries who are likely to play a major role in the international market for credits and the international negotiations developing rules on project-based mechanisms. Early ratifiers of the Kyoto protocol and their implementing rules and procedures are likely to be of particular interest to European policy makers and stakeholders in terms of future partnerships within these mechanisms.

Guide to the Climate Change Regime : Rules, Institutions & Procedures

The climate change regime has evolved considerably since the adoption of the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Though the Convention remains the central "pillar" of the regime, major aspects of it have been developed through other legal instruments and decisions taken by the Conference of Parties. The Guide analyses the three main elements of the climate regime: the Kyoto Protocol, the "Bonn Agreements" adopted at the resumed session of COP-6, representing an important political agreement on the details of the Protocol and the "Marrakech Accords" which placed detailed legal text on the framework of agreements reached in Bonn.

There is currently no single reference point for those working in the climate change community to find definitive answers to questions relating to applicable rules, institutions and procedures. The purpose of this guide is to fill this gap by providing an up to date reference point that analyses the rules and procedures embodied in the convention, the Protocol and COP decisions, and explains how the climate regime operates. This guide aims to provide a comprehensive reference resource for negotiators, policy makers, stakeholders and researchers dealing with climate change issues at all levels.

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