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North-South aspects of the climate change issue: towards a negotiating theory and strategy for developing countries

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This paper argues that because US ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has been made dependent on developing country participation, and because other developed countries are unlikely to ratify until the US does so, the ball has been put in the court of the developing countries. This has put the South and all its member groups into the ironical position of being held responsible for the failure of the regime. Should they take a defensive or a constructive approach to dealing with this issue? This paper analyses the circumstances under which developing countries negotiate, the nature of their negotiating position and the key elements of their position. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of a defensive and constructive negotiating strategy for the developing countries in relation to the potential negotiation outcome. It does so using an ideal typical analytical framework.

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  • Joyeeta Gupta, 2000. "North-South aspects of the climate change issue: towards a negotiating theory and strategy for developing countries," International Journal of Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(2), pages 115-135.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijsusd:v:3:y:2000:i:2:p:115-135
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    Cited by:

    1. Lau Øfjord Blaxekjær & Tobias Dan Nielsen, 2015. "Mapping the narrative positions of new political groups under the UNFCCC," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(6), pages 751-766, November.
    2. Marco Grasso, 2011. "The role of justice in the North–South conflict in climate change: the case of negotiations on the Adaptation Fund," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 361-377, November.

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