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
2. The Climate Convention
and the Kyoto Protocol
The Key Documents / The FCCC, 1992 / The Kyoto Protocol / Tips and Tricks

2.1 The key documents in the regime

The key documents in the regime are the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC 1992) and the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (KP 1997). In addition, the decisions in the regime are taken by the Conference of the Parties (COP). The COP meets annually since 1995. The Conference of the Parties makes its decisions on the basis of the reports of the subsidiary bodies (see Section 3.2).