A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Building a regime for climate protection: Finland and international climate policy
Authors: Wilenius M, Tirkkonen J
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Publication year: 1998
Journal: Global Environmental Change
Journal name in source: GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
Journal acronym: GLOBAL ENVIRON CHANG
Volume: 8
Issue: 4
First page : 291
Last page: 308
Number of pages: 18
ISSN: 0959-3780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0959-3780(98)00024-7
Abstract
This paper examines the emergence and consolidation of international climate change regime. The theory of regime building is used as discussed by Young (1989), International Cooperation. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, The paper begins with an outline of the historical emergence of climate research and climate policy. This is followed by a discussion of the history and development of the Rio Convention, with a look at the latest developments in international climate politics. The next section begins with an examination of the foundations and present strategies of Finnish climate policy, which is used as a case study, and the paper concludes with an assessment of the current state of Finnish climate policy, illustrating the problems of compliance individual countries face when adopting the norms and principles of the regime. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
This paper examines the emergence and consolidation of international climate change regime. The theory of regime building is used as discussed by Young (1989), International Cooperation. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, The paper begins with an outline of the historical emergence of climate research and climate policy. This is followed by a discussion of the history and development of the Rio Convention, with a look at the latest developments in international climate politics. The next section begins with an examination of the foundations and present strategies of Finnish climate policy, which is used as a case study, and the paper concludes with an assessment of the current state of Finnish climate policy, illustrating the problems of compliance individual countries face when adopting the norms and principles of the regime. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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