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last year has seen a rising tide of public concern, as well as pronouncements by the world's leading scientific body on … economic activity and international trade. According to the Stern Review, authored by the former World Bank Senior Economist … Sir Nicolas Stern, "climate change is the greatest market failure the world has ever seen". Responding to climate change …
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At the heart of the existing climate change regime is a divide between developed and developing countries. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN-FCCC) enshrines "common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities" and in so doing recognizes that historical...
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With the countdown to the crucial climate change summit in Copenhagen now well underway, prospects for a breakthrough appear limited. Behind the increasingly intensive negotiating activity, familiar divisions continue to hamper progress. The deadlock between developed countries and the major...
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