Building a regime for climate protection: Finland and international climate policy |
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Authors: | Markku Wilenius Juhani Tirkkonen |
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Institution: | aFinland Research Centre, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, P.O. Box 110, 20521 Turku, Finland;bDepartment of Regional Studies and Environmental Policy, University of Tampere, P.O. Box 607, 33101, Tampere, Finland |
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Abstract: | The effective management of climate change on a national as well as an international level requires close co-operation between the scientific community and the political sector. Climate change first became a major subject of scientific inquiry in the early 1980s, and real political interest in the issue was awakened towards the end of that decade. In the last few years, the dialogue between the scientific community and the political sector has increased considerably. As a result, climate change is today one of the most significant areas in environmental research and international environmental policy alike.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. |
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