| ID | 108149 |
| Title Proper | Australia, climate change and the global south |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Elliott, Lorraine |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Australia's climate change relationship with developing countries is framed by the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. Under those agreements, Australia has committed to take a lead in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and to provide technological and financial support to developing countries. In practice, Australian governments of both political hues have adopted a somewhat ambiguous and ambivalent attitude to developing countries within climate change politics and their fulfilment of those commitments has been uneven. This is particularly so if the concept of the 'Global South' is expanded from developing countries to include those people who are vulnerable to the environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change. |
| `In' analytical Note | Round Table Vol. 100, No. 415; Aug 2011: p.441-457 |
| Journal Source | Round Table Vol. 100, No. 415; Aug 2011: p.441-457 |
| Key Words | Australia ; Climate Change ; Global South ; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ; Kyoto Protocol ; Rio Declaration ; Carbon Trading Scheme ; Copenhagen Accord ; Pacific Adaptation Strategy Assistance Programme ; Asia - Pacific Security ; Australian Foreign Policy ; Human Security |