Warming and the "show"Reporter: Since the UN General Assembly started negotiations on "The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" in 1990, action on international climate governance were pushed forward continuously. Some one even said that 2010 would be the year of climate diplomacy.
Expert: UN climate talks have experienced a difficult period for 20 years since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established in 1988. In 2009, the clouds of Copenhagen climate talks have left lots of intricate mysteries. So, I think that climate diplomacy can not be cool but will only heat up in 2010.
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Fairness, "MRV" and the multilateral cooperationReporter: Equity and efficiency are two basic principles of international cooperation. While, a multilateral cooperation mechanism will bring challenges to the sovereignty of each country, what are the relationships and conflicts between them?
Expert: At present, to implement measurable, reportable and verifiable (MRV) mitigation action on emissions reduction in developing countries has this kind of problems and conflicts.
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Emission reduction and HegemonyReporter: As international cooperation on climate change is added with political, diplomatic, economic factors, climate change has gone deep into all aspects of international relations. When will climate theory from the international relations perspective come into being?
Expert: As the in-depth negotiation activities and the establishment of an international treaty, lots of studies related to climate change in economics, social sciences, foreign affairs and political relations came into being. With a large number of practical activities via international cooperation, the correlation of theories have been greatly enriched and developed.
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