While talks regarding climate change are necessary, action is what is really needed. The
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides a potential for enforcement of climate change laws in that any member state that is not abiding by the obligations it agreed
to is vulnerable to a suit under the UNCLOS for its discretions. However, nothing can change until the major
players come to the table and agree to take action and be bound by their talks.
Read More... (Time for more bite and less bark in climate change laws)
| Posted by Brooklyn Hildebrandt on Wed. April 13, 2016 3:44 PM
Categories: Climate Change
Nearly seventeen years have passed since the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“Kyoto Protocol”) was introduced. The protocol's purpose was to push signatory nations to reduce greenhouse gases. The United States signed on to the protocol, but it was never ratified, and the country withdrew support in 2001. Moreover, some of the world’s largest emissions producers did not ratify it— maybe a change in perspective is needed.
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| Posted by Paul L. Comer on Fri. November 21, 2014 11:13 AM
Categories: Climate Change