Table of Contents
Preface Main Page
Foreword


Part 1 The Negotiating Context
1. The Climate Change Problem
2. The Climate Convention
and the Kyoto Protocol
3. The Bodies in the Regime
4. The Rules of Procedure
5. State and Non-State Actors
6. Coalitions in the Climate
Change Regime
7. The G-77 and China

Part 2 Negotiating Skills
8. The Ideal Negotiator
9. The Handicapped Negotiator
10. Coping Strategies
11. Tips and Tricks for the
Lonely Diplomat
12. Index to the FCCC
13. References




Part I: The Negotiating Context
1. The Climate Change Problem
The problem / The science / The impacts / The policy / Tips and Tricks

1.5 Tips and tricks

  • Familiarize yourself with reports of the IPCC and other scientific bodies to know the areas of scientific agreement and uncertainty.

  • Master the technical vocabulary related to climate change.


    For more information on climate change read:

    Bruce, J.P., H. Lee and E. Haites (eds.) (1996). Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change; Contribution of Working Group III to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    Houghton, J.T., G.J. Jenkins and J.J. Ephraums (1990). Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    Houghton, J.T., L.G. Meira Filho, J. Bruce, H. Lee, B.A. Callander, E. Haites, N. Harris and K. Maskell (eds.) (1995). Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and an Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    Houghton, J.T., L.G. Meira Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg and K. Maskell (eds.) (1996). Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    IPCC (1998). The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

    On what the North can do:
    Sachs, W., R. Loske and M. Linz et al. (1998). Greening the North: A Post-Industrial Blue Print for Ecology and Equity, Zed Books, London. Weiszäcker, E.von-, A. Lovins and H. Lovins (1997). Factor Four, Doubling Wealth and Halving Resource Use, Earthscan, London.

    For more information on climate change visit:
    "Potential Impacts of Climate Change," Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security http://www.pacinst.org/cc_2.html "United Nations Climate Change Information Kit," United Nations ­ Climate Change Information Sheet 23 http://www.unfccc.org/resource/iuckit/ fact23.html

    Climate Ark http://www.ClimateArk.org/ (click on the link: Impacts)