Negotiating the Paris Agreement : the insider stories / edited by Henrik Jepsen, Magnus Lundgren, Kai Monheim, Hayley Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jepsen, Henrik, editor.

Lundgren, Magnus, 1976- editor.

Monheim, Kai, editor.

Walker, Hayley, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conference of the Parties (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)--(21st : 2015 : Paris, France).

Conference of the Parties (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change).

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992 May 9)--Protocols, etc. (2015 December 12).

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Climatic changes--Law and legislation.

Climatic changes.

Environmental law, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The 2015 Paris Agreement represents the culmination of years of intense negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Designed to curb climate change, it was negotiated by almost 200 countries who came to the table with different backgrounds, perceptions and interests. As such, the Agreement represents a triumph for multilateralism in a period otherwise characterized by nationalist turns. How did countries reach the historical agreement, and what were the driving forces behind it? This book paints a full picture by providing and analysing multifaceted insider accounts from high-level delegates who represented developed and developing countries, civil society, businesses, the French Presidency, and the UNFCCC Secretariat. In doing so, the book documents not only the negotiation of the Paris Agreement but also the dynamics and factors that shaped it. A better understanding of these dynamics and factors can guide future negotiations and help us solve global challenges.

Contents:

Introduction / Henrik Jepsen, Magnus Lundgren, Kai Monheim and Hayley Walker

The Paris negotiations : background and context / Pamela Chasek

The French COP21 presidency / Laurence Tubiana

Mission : adoption with ovations. The contribution of the UNFCCC Secretariat to the achievement of the Paris Agreement / Richard Kinley

Paris Agreement and China's imprint / Xie Zhenhua

The EU's role in the Paris Agreement / Pete Betts

The United States : interesting processes and techniques lined the road to Paris / Susan Biniaz, with commentary from Jonathan Pershing

COP 21. Complaints and negotiation. The role of the Like-minded Developing Countries Group (LMDC) and the Paris Agreement / Rene Orellana Halkyer

The staircase of Paris /Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu

The battle for small island developing states / James Fletcher

The high ambition coalition / Farhana Yamin

The power of civil society / Jennifer Morgan

Business : creating the context / Stephen Howards, with Tim Smedley

Why did they finally reach agreement? / John S. Odell

Conclusion : the landscape of multilateral agreement in Paris and beyond / Hayley Walker, Kai Monheim, Frauke Ohler, Henrik Jepsen and Magnus Lundgren.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Sep 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-88949-2

1-108-88172-6

1-108-88624-8

OCLC:

1285167854