| Unlike most books on climate politics, this volume has a sharp focus on one particular aspect of the global climate regime – the system set up to improve compliance with commitments under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The design of a compliance system has been controversial ever since the adoption of the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change. The outcome, laid out in the 2001 Marrakesh Accords, is innovative in international environmental law and its operation will be decisive for the effectiveness of the climate regime.
This book has been prepared under a project coordinated jointly by three Norwegian research institutions targeting international climate politics: CICERO Center for International Climate and Environmental Research–Oslo, The Department of Public and International Law at the University of Oslo, and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. The book also involves prominent scholars from the US. This transnational group of authors met for several workshops in the course of the project to ensure a high level of integration of the book’s various chapters. Prior to the last workshop, the chapter drafts were subject to individual anonymous review by external experts in the various fields covered. We are very grateful to Scott Barrett, Thomas Gehring, Marc Levy, Sebastian Oberthür, Lasse Ringius, Detlef Sprinz and David Victor for generously offering advice on how the drafts could be further advanced.
About The Authors
Steinar Andresen is a professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo and a senior research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway. His research focuses on international management of natural resources and the environment with an emphasis on whaling, marine pollution, climate change and the role of the UN in global environmental governance. Analytically, Andresen has examined factors that influence the effectiveness of international cooperation, such as the interaction between science and policy, processes of leadership and specific institutional features. Andresen has published books, mostly with co-authors, for the Scandinavian University Press, Belhaven, Manchester University Press and MIT, and a number of articles in such journals as Marine Policy, International Environmental Agreements, Global Environmental Politics and Global Governance. |
