Why do climate change negotiations stall? Scientific evidence and solutions for some structural problems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13006363 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ulrich Frey (0000-0002-9803-1336, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR), corresponding author), Jazmin Burgess |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 138-162 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Discourse (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2043-7897 • E-ISSN: 2326-9995 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/204378921x16431423735159 |
| OpenAlex | W4221021957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 27 |
Climate change is perhaps the biggest challenge of our times. In order to cope with it, we have to organise action collectively. The most important way to cooperate globally is through United Nations negotiations, known as ‘conferences of the parties’. However, progress has been very slow, and disillusionment with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process has set in. From a scientific point of view, several obstacles surfacing in these negotiations have been well researched. Institutional analysis may provide suggestions or even solutions to some of these problems. Hence, we think that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations could profit from scientific support. We provide scientific background for three prominent problems: how to reconcile different interests in a global public goods situation; how to ameliorate the consensus decision-making process; and how to design institutions to implement resolutions. Enhancing communication, trust and fairness, and enforcing sanctions, are suggested as key elements for that. Finally, we point to similar processes that have been brought to a successful end
Business · Climate change · Convention · Economics · Kyoto Protocol · Law and economics · Negotiation · Order (exchange · Political science · Sanctions · United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Law
Making the UNFCCC fit for purpose
Great expectations? A reply to ‘Why do climate change negotiations stall? Scientific evidence and solutions for some structural problems’ by Ulrich J. Frey and Jazmin Burgess
The challenges of encouraging refugee assistance
Circular relations between climate knowledge and action
Anthropological grounds of climate equity principles
Overcoming stalled implementation
Cooperation and Social Policy
What can be expected of the United Nations climate change negotiations? A reply to commentaries on ‘Why do climate change negotiations stall? Scientific evidence and solutions for some structural problems’ by Ulrich J. Frey and Jazmin Burgess
The Paris Agreement has the potential to facilitate ambitious climate action
Catalytic leadership in climate change negotiations
Designing a social policy initiative for greater cooperation
Stabilizing the Earth’s climate is not a losing game
Punishment and counter-punishment in public good games
Leadership, social capital and incentives promote successful fisheries
Antisocial Punishment Across Societies
Linear Public Goods Experiments
Fifty‐odd years of inter‐group contact
On the Nature of Fair Behavior
Sustaining cooperation in laboratory public goods experiments
Global Environmental Politics
The economic interaction between climate change mitigation, climate migration and poverty
Climate Change Loss and Damage
Global Environmental Politics
Compliance of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in the first commitment period
Cooperation and Social Policy
Equity, burden sharing and development pathways
Framework for the future? Exploring the possibility of majority voting in the climate negotiations
Inside UN Climate Change Negotiations
The Opposite of Learning
Moving Forward in the Climate Negotiations
Striving for No
Real wealth and experimental cooperation
Rationality and Society
Conversation and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Intergroup Bias
The UN climate change negotiations and the role of the United States
| Citations per year | 2.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |