The continuing upward climb of atmospheric CO2 symbolizes society’s apparent inability to redirect the ‘Keeling Curve’ despite more than two decades of international negotiation. The global economic crisis only temporarily slowed the global increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

The concluding document of the climate change negotiation round in Durban, the Durban Agreement, has been hailed as a ‘historic breakthrough document. This appraisal is primarily based on the fact that the document outlines a negotiation process that realizes a climate regime in which all...

Current international negotiations to address climate change are marked by growing divergence between government proposals and those advanced by civil society. The Conference of the Parties (COP) process has promoted a set of market-based policy instruments as the primary means to facilitate...