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
6. Coalitions in the Climate Change Regime
The importance of coalitions / The two major negotiating blocs (power-based coalitions) / The divisions within the blocs (issue-based and political) / The divisions across the groups in Non-Annex I / The divisions across the blocs / Tips and tricks

6.3 The divisions within the blocs (issue-based and political)

Within Annex I, there are different groupings. The most permanent group is the European Union. The countries with economies in transition (CEITs) are not very organized as a coalition; some, such as those aspiring to EU membership, tend to align themselves with the EU and others, such as Ukraine and Russia, with other Annex I Parties. The U.S. and other Annex I Parties occasionally operate in a group known as JUSSCANNZ (acronym of their country names). There is also an umbrella group that has members from JUSSCANNZ and some CEITs, all interested in maximizing opportunities for participating in the Kyoto mechanisms.