The article describes the world-wide efforts or the lack thereof to combat climate change in the last 25 years. The article asks whether the world has to wait until the adversity actually sets in before effective action is taken; whether the failure to act is caused because people have not yet...

This paper suggests some of the deeper implications of the climate change debate for both international law and the development of international institutions. The author’s views are based not only on material presented in the symposium, but on his own experience as a New Zealand Government...