Sebastian Oberthür

The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997 was a major achievement in the endeavour to tackle the problem of global climate change at the dawn of the 21st century. After many years of involvement in the negotiation process, the book's two internationally recognised authors now offer the international community a first hand and inside perspective of the debate on the Kyoto Protocol. The book provides a comprehensive scholarly analysis of the history and content of the Protocol itself as well as of the economic, political and legal implications of its implementation. It also presents a perspective for the further development of the climate regime. These important features make this book an indispensable working tool for policy makers, negotiators, academics and all those actively involved and interested in climate change issues in both the developed and developing world.

Contributing to the emerging literature on the geopolitical and foreign policy implications of decarbonisation and energy transition processes, this book sheds light on the future of the European Union’s (EU) external relations under decarbonisation.Under the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in 2015, governments are committed to phasing out the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases over the coming decades. This book addresses the many questions around this process of decarbonisation through detailed analyses of EU external relations with six fossil-fuel exporting countries: Nigeria, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Qatar, and Canada. The authors systematically examine the six countries’ varying dependence on fossil fuels, the broader political and security context, current relations with the EU, and the potential for developing these towards decarbonisation. In doing so, they put forward a series of findings that should hold across varying circumstances and provide a steppingstone to enrich and inspire further research on foreign policy, external relations, and international relations under decarbonisation. The book also makes an important contribution to understanding the external implications of the 2019 European Green Deal.This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of European environmental and climate policy, climate diplomacy, energy policy, foreign policy, and climate/energy geopolitics.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/ 9781003183037, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Contributing to the emerging literature on the geopolitical and foreign policy implications of decarbonisation and energy transition processes, this book sheds light on the future of the European Union’s (EU) external relations under decarbonisation.Under the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in 2015, governments are committed to phasing out the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases over the coming decades. This book addresses the many questions around this process of decarbonisation through detailed analyses of EU external relations with six fossil-fuel exporting countries: Nigeria, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Qatar, and Canada. The authors systematically examine the six countries’ varying dependence on fossil fuels, the broader political and security context, current relations with the EU, and the potential for developing these towards decarbonisation. In doing so, they put forward a series of findings that should hold across varying circumstances and provide a steppingstone to enrich and inspire further research on foreign policy, external relations, and international relations under decarbonisation. The book also makes an important contribution to understanding the external implications of the 2019 European Green Deal.This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of European environmental and climate policy, climate diplomacy, energy policy, foreign policy, and climate/energy geopolitics.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/ 9781003183037, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Dieses Buch erscheint zur rechten Zeit. Zu Beginn des neuen Jahrhunderts präsentieren zwei international bekannte Experten aus Deutschland eine um­ fassende und präzise Darstellung der internationalen Klimapolitik. In der Form erscheint diese Darstellung wie ein Kommentar zum Kyoto-Protokoll, einem der wohl wichtigsten Verträge, die jemals geschlossen worden sind. Lassen Sie uns ein paar Fakten in Erinnerung rufen. Seit Beginn der In­ dustrialisierung hat sich die Menschheit in ein Experiment ungeahnten Aus­ maßes begeben - die Änderung der Zusammensetzung unserer Atmosphäre. Schon vor über 100 Jahren wurde das erste Mal über den Treibhauseffekt bestimmter Spurengase spekuliert und heute wissen wir es sehr sicher: die Freisetzung von Kohlendioxid durch die Verbrennung fossiler Brennstoffe und andere Treibhausgase bedrohen unsere Zivilisation und das Leben von Millionen Menschen auf diesem Planeten. Die Erhöhung des Meeresspiegels wird viele Menschen zu Umweltflüchtlingen machen und einige tiefliegende Inselstaaten ganz zum Verschwinden bringen. Gewaltige Stürme können Landstriche verwüsten und Wasserknappheit wird weitere Millionen Men­ schen vertreiben. Die Herausforderung ist klar: bis zur Mitte des 21. Jahrhunderts muss der Ausstoß an Treibhausgasen weltweit um ca. 50% reduziert werden, um die Klimaveränderungen in einem tolerablen Rahmen zu halten. Dies ist eine gigantische Aufgabe für uns und die nächsten Generationen, aber es kann geschafft werden. Zusammen mit Amory Lovins und L. Hunter Lovins habe ich in meinem Buch "Faktor 4" fünfzig Beispiele dafür geliefert, wie eine Effizienzrevolution aussehen könnte. Die Lösung liegt in der klugen Verbin­ dung von erneuerbaren Energiequellen, Effizienzsteigerungen und der Ent­ deckung neuerGenügsamkeit (Suffizienz).

The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997 was a major achievement in the endeavour to tackle the problem of global climate change at the dawn of the 21st century. After many years of involvement in the negotiation process, the book's two internationally recognised authors now offer the international community a first hand and inside perspective of the debate on the Kyoto Protocol. The book provides a comprehensive scholarly analysis of the history and content of the Protocol itself as well as of the economic, political and legal implications of its implementation. It also presents a perspective for the further development of the climate regime. These important features make this book an indispensable working tool for policy makers, negotiators, academics and all those actively involved and interested in climate change issues in both the developed and developing world.