FROM CANCUN TO DURBAN: IS THERE ANY LIKELIHOOD OF A NEW CLIMATE REGIME?

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1. Introduction 2. Politics Over Adaptation and I ts Funding Over Adaptation
and I ts Funding 3. Climate Finance and Politics 4. Politics in Mitigation Regime 5. Leadership Crisis in Climate Diplomacy 6. Dynamics of Shifting Alliances 7. The G-77 and China 8. Reasons that Hold the Regime Back 9. Is There Any
Way Out?

FROM CANCUN TO DURBAN: IS THERE ANY LIKELIHOOD OF A NEW CLIMATE REGIME?

Author: Mizan R. Khan

DOI Link: DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2011v32n1a3

ABSTRACT

COP16 of the UNFCCC at Cancun is regarded as a success, compared to the frustrating outcome at Copenhagen. However, the success part relates only to several issues of adaptation. The frustrating aspect is the mitigation part of the regime, which is the ultimate solution, but it remains as intractable as ever. This paper raises few queries including why there were some successes in adaptation, and not any in mitigation. The author argues that nothing positive in this regard at Cancun or any likelihood of its progress in the foreseeable future prodded the industrial countries to agree to some positive steps in adaptation. Still important issues regarding climate finance remain unresolved. Further, a real politik approach to upholding national interests and adherence to conventional sense of sovereignty by the major emitters, particularly by the US, stand in the way. The paper ends with a few suggestions on how to put pressure on the emission powers to listen to the call of the day.

BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

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