Domestic decision-making processes in Asian countries concerning future international framework on climate change
2008
Kameyama, Y.(National Inst. for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)) | Kanie, N.
Participation of the developing countries in climate change mitigation efforts beyond 2012 is indispensable to avoid dangerous interference of climate change, but developing countries are reluctant to negotiate the issue. For Asian countries, one of the reasons for their unwillingness is lack of capacity to negotiate. Thus, it is important to build policy-making capacity in those countries to form negotiating positions that can maximize positive effects of climate policy. For this purpose, this study conducted a survey on domestic institutions and debates over future framework in six Asian countries, and arrived at three major conclusions. 1) Domestic debates over future framework have begun only in economically relatively-developed countries. Others have not yet started the debate at all, and rather concentrated on implementation of the current regime. 2) With regard to the implementation, all countries except for one have established inter-agency coordination body on climate change within the government. Most of them invited participation from NGOs and researchers in addition to government civil servants. 3) Positions predicted for each country varied, which could lead to a conclusion that diffused governance may be suitable for meeting their needs, although multilateral treaty could be at the core of the diffused system.
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