Climatic Collapse at The Hague: What Happened, Why, and Where Do We Go From Here?

Authors: Grubb, Michael; Yamin, Farhana

Source: International Affairs, Volume 77, Number 2, April 2001 , pp. 261-276(16)

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Abstract:

This article analyses the meeting of the Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention that took place at The Hague in November 2000. Billed as the summit that would put the final touches to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the meeting adjourned without reaching substantive conclusions. The authors explain what happened, underlining salient features that have led to the current impasse. They suggest that agreement is still possible if major players understand the need to work within the structures, institutions and processes created by the Convention and Protocol as a result of the ten years of hard negotiations. Intransigence, an overloaded agenda, abandonment of familiar procedures and, above all, an inability to consider creative ways of forging common positions from divergent national positions are some of the lessons that need to be learnt.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2346.00191

Affiliations: 1: Imperial College, London, UK,

Publication date: 2001-04-01