Institutionalisation processes and the North-South debate limit the optimal deployment of the Convention in addressing poverty and ensuring sustainable development.
An actor-centered and sustainable development framing would lead to a politically-achievable response to the urgent problem of climate-related crises around the world.
Integrated landscape policies and climate smart agriculture practices and technologies offer opportunities for finding solutions to some of our most pressing climate problems.
China’s dam-building in the Greater Mekong is not only a challenge for the host country, but creates wider international concerns about environmental and social practices.
The latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change offers us the opportunity to critically examine the way that the current model treats knowledge assessment.
Brian C. Black’s examination of the history of petroleum is a fascinating account of its evolution from black goo to indispensable fuel, however his analysis of contemporary energy issues is superficial.
The European model could be very useful for Northeast Asian countries as they start to draw up a road map for multilateral cooperation and regional integration.
The needs of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) haven’t traditionally been addressed in climate negotiations. Successful market instruments have benefited emerging economies rather than LDCs like Nepal.
Now may be the right time to shift attention from the UNSC to an alternative forum through which the implications of climate change could be discussed and solutions elicited.
Considering the stalemate in climate negotiations it is not likely that the global community can make a joint decision to step forward. Someone has to take the first step – showing the example.
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