The Kyoto Protocol as a Determinant of International Cooperation
- Institution: Independent Researcher (Poland)
- Year of publication: 2014
- Source: Show
- Pages: 251–274
- DOI Address: http://dx.doi.org/10.15804/ppsy2014015
- PDF: ppsy/43/ppsy2014015.pdf
The Kyoto Protocol as the Framework Convention on Climate Change is a milestone in the formation and development of the climate change regime that is aimed at controlling global warming by the international community. But besides that this international agreement also became a factor that created new circumstances and opportunities for international cooperation. These circumstances were created for all the participants of the regime: the states, the non-governmental organizations on behalf of the societies and the business organizations as well as the corporations. The Kyoto Protocol became a catalyst for international cooperation between these international relations’ actors at all stages of its existence: the negotiation process, the ratifi cation of it and its implementation, leading to the establishment of new political, social and especially economic ties.