2010
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Revue québécoise de droit international ; vol. 23 no. 1 (2010)
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Van Trien Lam, « LES ENJEUX JURIDIQUES DE L’INTÉGRATION DES PAYS EN DÉVELOPPEMENT DANS LE RÉGIME CLIMATIQUE POST-KYOTO », Revue québécoise de droit international / Quebec Journal of International Law / Revista quebequense de derecho internacional, ID : 10.7202/1068410ar
In order to cope with the strong increase of CO2 emissions in developing countries, particularly in emerging countries, the integration of these countries in the post-Kyoto climate regime is crucial. To this end, it is necessary to seek a new approach for the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" and abandon the dualistic interpretation of this principle entrenched in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations framework convention on climate change. In addition, in order to overcome divergences between developed and developing countries, the only way forward is to strengthen the transfer of technology and financial resources to developing countries, enabling them at the same time to improve their socioeconomic status and reduce their negative impact on the global environment. In this sense, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the United Nations collaborative program on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) constitute the key mechanisms for the integration of developing countries. By stressing the importance of these mechanisms, this article aims to clarify the main points of negotiation, which are the cross-section approach to the CDM, the inclusion of carbon capture and storage in the CDM as well as the funding modalities of REDD (the carbon market mechanism or fund-based approach).