英文摘要 |
After two weeks of negotiation, the 2015 Paris Climate Conference ( COP21 ) finally passed a new global climate agreement. The Paris Agreement (PA) is deemed as the first true global climate deal to date, principled upon policies to reduce Greenhouse gas emission after 2020. In order to understand meanings and effects of the COP21 , as well as gaming of international climate negotiations, this paper adopts a qualitative research approach to analyze the processes of the COP21, and the contents of the PA. According to this research, establishment of an enduring regime (INDCs) instead of an one-off deal, as well as a strong support of the great powers in the international climate politics arena(i.e. the EU, US and China)were the two major reasons for the success of the COP21. Thereafter, all parties of the Convention would spare no effort to ensure that the PA be ratified and approved in 2016. Moreover, all parties would have to work out a global common framework that includes a set of common measurement and reporting procedures by the 2020s, in order to realize the long-term goal of the PA: maintaining the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. |