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After Durban, what Legal Form for the Future International Climate Regime? journal article

Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Matthieu Wemaëre

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 6 (2012), Issue 3, Page 187 - 196

The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol is due to expire at the end of 2012, but no commitments have been adopted to date for a second period. Discussions about the fate of the climate regime beyond 2012 were supposed to end in 2009, in order to avoid a gap between the first and second commitment periods. But neither the Copenhagen climate summit (2009), nor the Cancun conference (2010) resulted in conclusion of a deal. They did not yield answer about the divisive issues of legal form and architecture of the future international climate regime. The Durban Conference (2011) no longer was able to avoid addressing these thorny issues. At the very end of the summit, a compromise was reached following long and difficult negotiations. Parties decided to extend the Kyoto Protocol through a second commitment period and launch a new round of negotiations under the Convention in order to adopt a more inclusive and ambitious international climate regime to be implemented from 2020.


Current Developments in Carbon&Climate Law journal article

Matthieu Wemaëre, Leonardo Massai

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 4 (2010), Issue 1, Page 10

d at the Paris and Brussels Bar Associations, Research Associate at the Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI) State of Play of the International Climate Negotiations: What Are the Results of the Copenhagen Conference? 1. The Copenhagen Conference The Copenhagen Conference (COP15 and COP/ MOP5, 7 to 18 December 2009, Denmark) was expected to mark a culmination of international climate negotiations after two years of intense discussions launched at the Bali Conference (December 2007), along two


Current Developments in Carbon&Climate Law journal article

Matthieu Wemaëre, Leonardo Massai, Megan Ceronsky

Carbon & Climate Law Review, Volume 3 (2009), Issue 4, Page 11

ris and Brussels Bar Associations, Research Associate at the Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI) State of Play of International Climate Negotiations: On the Road to Copenhagen 1. The Starting Point: The Bali Conference Two years ago, the Bali Roadmap was adopted at the Bali Conference (COP13, COP/MOP3) in order to launch a comprehensive process towards the adoption of a post 2012 international climate regime, with two negotiation tracks, one under the UNFCCC and one under the Kyoto Protocol. One

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