Download State/EU Position on Climate Change

STATE/EU POSITION ON CLIMATE
CHANGE: CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
EXERCISE
ESPM169, International Environmental Politics, Fall 2014, Professor Wil Burns
Due Date: October 20
Please briefly answer the following questions; limit your responses to
a maximum of 4 double-spaced pages:
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How vulnerable is your State/region to climate change? In what ways?
What are your State/region’s current greenhouse gas emissions?
o What are the primary sources of your State/region’s GHG emissions?
What resources does your State/region have to respond to climate variations?
Is your State/region an Annex I or a Developing State?
What is your State's current policy position on the second implementation phase
of the Kyoto Protocol? What has shaped this response?
Has it signed and ratified the Protocol? If so, when?
What is your State/region’s current policy position on the Durban Platform? What
has shaped this response?
Which other States or regions included in this exercise are your country or region
likely to ally with? Which will it oppose?