INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE EXPACTATIONS AND THE REALITY OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION - AN ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)

• Authors: Menkes Jerzy , Menkes Marcin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Environmental protection constitutes arguably the most important field in international law, where common cause requires adjustment of the international cooperation paradigm based upon the sovereign equality of states. Corrective measures and differentiation of treatment are required, as substantial inequalities between states would otherwise hinder effective cooperation. But any provisions aimed at reintroducing equilibrium between parties to a Convention need to be very carefully drafted, so that environmental protection provisions are not overshadowed by political claims. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the normative ground for international cooperation in climate protection, risks breaking that balance, with the disproportionate economic claims of developing countries putting common environmental goals in peril

Keywords

EN

CLIMATE CHANGE; UNFCCC; UNITED NATIONS

Discipline

• LAW_&_ADMINISTRATION: LAW & ADMINISTRATION

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Prawnych PAN / Institute of Legal Studies PAN
• Journal: Polish Yearbook of International Law
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 116-137
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Menkes Jerzy

author

Menkes Marcin

• Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej, Wydzial Prawa, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warszawa, Poland

• Jerzy Menkes, Szkola Wyzsza Psychologii Spolecznej, Wydzial Prawa, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, 03-815 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA087414