A U.S.-Centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronology.

Climatic changes.

Environmental protection--International cooperation.

Environmental protection.

Negotiation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (21 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses international policy negotiations to address climate change, and presents U.S.-centric chronology of developments. Covers lead up to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, the Marrakesh Accords of 2001, the Bali Action Plan of 2007, the Copenhagen conference in 2009, the Cancun Agreements of 2010, and the Conference of the Parties 17 in Durban, South Africa in 2011. Identifies selected external events and major multilateral meetings that have influenced current legal and institutional arrangements, as well as contentious issues for further cooperation.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. U.S.-Centric Chronology of the International Climate Change Negotiations

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