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by Fiona Kinniburgh, Summer Intern<\/p>\n

Columbia Law School’s Center for Climate Change Law has prepared a Compilation of International Authorities Supporting Specific Measures to Combat Climate Change<\/a>. The document has been compiled to show the authority found for various specific measures that will help combat climate change and its impacts.\u00a0 The measures have been divided into the following categories:<\/p>\n

A.\u00a0 Selection, design and construction of new energy generating and consuming facilities to have least impact<\/p>\n

B.\u00a0 Phaseout of old highly polluting facilities<\/p>\n

C.\u00a0 Energy efficiency improvements to existing buildings, facilities<\/p>\n

D.\u00a0 Conversion of vehicle fleets<\/p>\n

E.\u00a0\u00a0 Elimination of fossil fuel subsidies<\/p>\n

F.\u00a0\u00a0 Reduction of deforestation<\/p>\n

G.\u00a0 Technology transfer to developing countries<\/p>\n

H.\u00a0 Mitigation and adaptation assistance to developing countries<\/p>\n

I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Acceptance of climate-displaced persons<\/p>\n

J.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Promote Sustainable Consumption Patterns<\/p>\n

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the agreements that stem from it (including the Kyoto Protocol) are the most authoritative existing international agreements that explicitly address climate change. However, other international conventions, declarations, agreements and charters also provide legal authority or support for some of these specific measures. Certain agreements included in this document are not directly related to climate change but contain language that supports complementary actions, such as avoiding deforestation or conserving water resources.<\/p>\n

The weight and authority behind these measures varies depending on the sources that endorse them and whether the language used sets out a mandatory obligation or is merely aspirational.\u00a0 Certain obligations have received considerably more international policy attention than others. Binding obligations to undertake some of the measures necessary to combat climate change that are included in this compilation have not yet been adopted through multilateral agreements.\u00a0 They may have, however, been given some weight by their inclusion in agreements between smaller groups of countries or in \u201csoft law\u201d documents such as resolutions and declarations of international organizations.\u00a0 In addition to legal authorities, this compilation incorporates extracts from reports issued by expert international agencies (such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme, the International Energy Agency and the International Monetary Fund). \u00a0Policy recommendations from these reports have been included, as well as references to existing international or domestic programs that have been implemented that could demonstrate the acceptance and feasibility of measures to combat climate change.<\/p>\n

This compilation was prepared by Fiona Kinniburgh under the supervision of Elizabeth Sheargold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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