Implementation of and Compliance with the Commitments of the International Regime of Climate Protection in Selected Countries

What is the relevance of international and domestic factors for the implementation of and compliance with the commitments of the international regime of climate protection? This article analyses the implementation of and compliance with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol in the cases of seven comparable countries: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Portugal and Sweden. These countries have been achieving different levels of success in meeting their climate protection goals so far. Based on a detailed study of various reports and... Mehr ...