Title: The Climate Change Convention: how it was made and what it means

Authors: James Cameron

Addresses: Barrister of Inner Temple, London; and Director of the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), Kings College London; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK

Abstract: This paper describes the origins and intentions of the Climate Change Convention which was opened for signature at the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) last year.

Keywords: Climate Change Convention; European Community; financial resources; Framework Convention; international law; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; IPCC; OECD; technology transfer; UNCED; United Nations; Conference on Environment and Development; UNEP; United Nations Environment Program; World Bank.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.1993.028502

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 1993 Vol.3 No.1/2/3, pp.67 - 77

Published online: 18 Sep 2009 *

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