Reproduced from the Quarterly Journal of International Politics, with kind permission of the authors and the Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University.
The Kyoto Protocol and the Logic of Collective Action
*Corresponding author. E-mail: chengang319@yahoo.com
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Global warming, as a result of increased greenhouse gas emissions, is the most critical environmental issue today. More than half of the world's environmental experts participating in the 1999 United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) investigation were agreed on the crucial nature of climate change and its threat to humanity.1 The prospect of further damage to the earth's atmosphere threatens the global ecosystem upon which humanity relies for its development and very existence. Global warming and how to deal with it, therefore, are problems that extend beyond international environmental issues to politics, economics, culture, and diplomacy. Consequently, it has considerable influence on modes of production and consumption.
The Kyoto Protocol was signed, after protracted negotiations, at the Third Conference of Parties (COP-3) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 1997. It was the first instance of developed nations accepting obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions according
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The Course of Research and Main Results |
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Research into the Formation and Preservation of the Kyoto Protocol System
Research into the Influence of the Kyoto Mechanism on Developing Nations
Research into Nations’ Policies toward the Kyoto Protocol
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International Public Good and Cooperation within the Kyoto Mechanism |
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The Limited Practical Effectiveness of Emission Reduction Goals Established by the Protocol
The High Degree of Uncertainty Concerning the Relationship Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming
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Added Incentives and the Kyoto Mechanism |
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Added Substantive Incentives
Added Substantive Incentives offered to Developing Countries
Added Substantive Incentives to Transitioning Countries
Added Substantive Incentives to Developed Countries
Added Social Incentives
Enduring International Pressure due to Violation of the Kyoto Mechanism: the United States case
Improved National Images as a result of Respecting the Kyoto Mechanism
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Conclusion |
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