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Ideas of justice in climate change negotiations

Siverbo, Henrik LU (2009) STVK01 20091
Department of Political Science
Abstract
With the Kyoto Protocol in effect and well into its implementation period, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are now in the midst of negotiating an agreement to govern the global policy on climate change in the post-Kyoto period. Recognizing the difficulties of the Parties to agree on the commitments laid out in the Kyoto Protocol and acknowledging in particular the aspects of justice related to the responsibility for the origin as well as the mitigation of global warming, this thesis investigates the ideas of justice prevailing in the negotiations of climate change.
Using a two-step methodology of concept analysis and analysis of ideas, a conceptual map is first created, built on the constitutive... (More)
With the Kyoto Protocol in effect and well into its implementation period, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are now in the midst of negotiating an agreement to govern the global policy on climate change in the post-Kyoto period. Recognizing the difficulties of the Parties to agree on the commitments laid out in the Kyoto Protocol and acknowledging in particular the aspects of justice related to the responsibility for the origin as well as the mitigation of global warming, this thesis investigates the ideas of justice prevailing in the negotiations of climate change.
Using a two-step methodology of concept analysis and analysis of ideas, a conceptual map is first created, built on the constitutive dimensions of justice as drawn from political philosophy. Using the results therein as theoretical framework, analysis of ideas is then applied to the high-level statements at the preparatory 14th Conference of Parties (COP 14) in Poznan held in December 2008.
With the conceptual map as reference, two main positions are identified embodied by the perceived conceptions of developed and developing countries respectively, separated primarily in the dimensions of principle and reach. These positions are to be considered as stylized however, and should be viewed in conjunction with the underlying dimensional description. (Less)
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author
Siverbo, Henrik LU
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organization
course
STVK01 20091
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
justice, climate change, concept analysis, analysis of ideas, dimensions
language
English
id
1405435
date added to LUP
2009-06-18 11:11:19
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2009-06-18 11:11:19
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  abstract     = {{With the Kyoto Protocol in effect and well into its implementation period, the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are now in the midst of negotiating an agreement to govern the global policy on climate change in the post-Kyoto period. Recognizing the difficulties of the Parties to agree on the commitments laid out in the Kyoto Protocol and acknowledging in particular the aspects of justice related to the responsibility for the origin as well as the mitigation of global warming, this thesis investigates the ideas of justice prevailing in the negotiations of climate change. 
Using a two-step methodology of concept analysis and analysis of ideas, a conceptual map is first created, built on the constitutive dimensions of justice as drawn from political philosophy. Using the results therein as theoretical framework, analysis of ideas is then applied to the high-level statements at the preparatory 14th Conference of Parties (COP 14) in Poznan held in December 2008. 
With the conceptual map as reference, two main positions are identified embodied by the perceived conceptions of developed and developing countries respectively, separated primarily in the dimensions of principle and reach. These positions are to be considered as stylized however, and should be viewed in conjunction with the underlying dimensional description.}},
  author       = {{Siverbo, Henrik}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Ideas of justice in climate change negotiations}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}