Bodansky: Creating a More Flexible Architecture for Climate Change Governance

Daniel Bodansky (Univ. of Georgia - Law) has posted Creating a More Flexible Architecture for Climate Change Governance (in Climate Finance: Regulatory and Funding Strategies for Climate Change and Global Development, Richard B. Stewart, Benedict Kingsbury and Bryce Rudyk, eds., 2009). Here's the abstract:

Everyone wants to learn from history, so as not to repeat it. But what are the lessons of the Kyoto Protocol? Although opinions differ widely, a growing consensus accepts the need for greater flexibility in a new climate change agreement. This short essay argues that a more flexible architecture is a necessary, though not sufficient condition, for agreement in Copenhagen, and briefly discusses how flexibility is reflected in recent proposals by the US and Australia.