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Perspective

Apr. 23, 2010

Challenges to Regulating Climate Change

Deepa Badrinarayana of Chapman University School of Law asks whether nations can find common ground on climate change negotiations given the differences in their economic positions.

By Deepa Badrinarayana

At the meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Copenhagen last December (COP15), major greenhouse gas emitters, notably the United States and China made commitments to negotiate a treaty to achieve targeted emissions reduction. Although the Copenhagen Accord that emerged from the meeting has no legal force, it provides the basis for negotiating emissions redu...

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