DOI: 10.1002/wcc.10
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-79957559153
论文题名: The Asia-Pacific partnership: Implementation challenges and interplay with Kyoto
作者: Taplin R ; , Mcgee J
刊名: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
ISSN: 17577780
出版年: 2010
卷: 1, 期: 1 起始页码: 16
结束页码: 22
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate models
; Commerce
; Environmental regulations
; Global warming
; International cooperation
; International law
; Technology transfer
; Asia-Pacific Partnership
; Emissions reduction
; International climate agreements
; Memorandum of understanding
; Multilateral agreements
; Research and development
; United nations framework convention on climate changes
; United States of America
; Climate change
英文摘要: The Asia-Pacific Partnership (APP) for Clean Development and Climate, a multilateral agreement between Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea) and the United States of America, is a nonbinding memorandum of understanding directed at international cooperation on development, energy, environment and climate change issues involving business and industry voluntary action on technology transfer, and research and development. It has been hailed as a new model for an international climate agreement and as an alternative to the Kyoto Protocol. However, APP implementation has had challenges. As an opposing model to that of Kyoto, it is in contravention of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCCC's) principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and a contributor to the crumbling of climate governance. Cooperation rather than competition ideally should be the future for the relationship between the APP and the UNFCCC/Kyoto. Business and industry are involved in implementation of the Kyoto mechanisms under the UN climate regime currently; and for that reason, synchronicity between the APP and Kyoto agreements would be ideal. For example, APP nations could be involved in joint 'regional' emissions trading as the United States, Canada, Australia, Korea, and Japan all are in the process of establishing national schemes. However, for the APP to be a complement to Kyoto and not a barrier to its effectiveness, many hurdles need to be overcome including equity issues, additionality questions, capacity building concerns, trade barriers, intellectual property issues, adequacy of funding, assessment of APP emissions reductions, and renewal of US interest in UN climate regime participation. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76517
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作者单位: Environmental Management, Bond University, Robina, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia; Environmental Law, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Taplin R,, Mcgee J. The Asia-Pacific partnership: Implementation challenges and interplay with Kyoto[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2010-01-01,1(1)