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Great expectations: Understanding why the UN climate talks seem to fail
Posted on: 16 November 2012
By: mackene
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The objective of this briefing paper is to provide an analysis of these great expectations in the context of the UN climate regime. The expectation that the UN meetings as such would reverse global climate change is based on faulty premises and can potentially be damaging. The authors argue that unfair expectations paint international agreements as perpetual failures, providing ammunition for the interests that oppose any form of international environmental regulation. The briefing paper presents a defence of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and suggests that if its role is properly understood, the regime may serve an important function in the response to climate change and in world affairs in general.
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