Climate Policy after the Marrakesh Accords

From Legislation to Implementation

  • Publications 20.12.2001

2001 was a tense year for international climate policy. After the climate conference in the Hague had ended in disarray at the end of 2000, in March 2001, newly elected US President Bush had declared his opposition to the Kyoto Protocol. The prospects of the treaty therefore looked rather uncertain. In reaction, the EU elevated the issue to the level of heads of state and government. After intense negotiations in Bonn and Marrakech, countries finally managed to agree on the implementation details for the Kyoto Protocol, the so-called "Marrakesh Accords".

An Article by Hermann E. Ott in the Yearbook of International Environmental Law describes the developments in climate negotiations during the year 2001 and undertakes a first analysis of the agreements.

 


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