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Beyond Kyoto

With more than 100 countries now committed to the Kyoto Protocol, this landmark agreement may soon enter into force. If so, Kyoto’s launch will be a strong signal to markets that emissions of greenhouse gases come with costs; and a declaration of multilateral will to confront a quintessentially global challenge. But against that challenge, Kyoto will be only a first step. With the United States not joining, the Protocol will cover just 40 percent of global emissions, and only through the coming decade. Whether or not Kyoto comes into force, the challenge ahead remains the same: engaging all the world’s major emitters in a longer-term effort that fairly and effectively mobilizes the resources and technology needed to protect the global climate. 

Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change speaks to that challenge. Its goal is to stimulate constructive thinking and dialogue on pragmatic ways to strengthen the multilateral climate effort.

As part of this new Pew Center initiative, former negotiators and other climate experts from developed and developing countries have prepared a set of six “think pieces” examining core challenges in advancing the international climate effort. Working drafts of the papers are now available.  The final papers will be published for release at COP 9 this December in Milan.

Below are links to the series introduction and the six working papers.