How can international law support climate resilience and adaptation?

iisd.ca/linkages/download/asc/enb1276e.txt> (on file with author). 40 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate. Change, Dec. 10, ... We show that U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol can be rationalized under political economy considerations. The reason is that U.S. compliance costs ... The Kyoto Protocol sets quantitative targets for countries to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, but it recognizes that the same goal ... Jun 6, 2007 ... The United States hasn't become part of the agreement because it considers a problem the fact that several major developing nations, including ... Of the major emitters, only the European Union and Japan joined, while China, Australia, and the United States decided not to. By the year 2001, there were ... 13 Cases found. Non-compliance Procedure of Croatia under the Kyoto Protocol. At issue: Question of implementation relating to the calculation of Croatia's ... The book provides a comprehensive scholarly analysis of the history and content of the Protocol itself as well as of the economic, political and legal ... We show that if the costs in terms of damage to human health, material goods, agriculture, and the environment caused by greenhouse gas emissions are included ... The US signed the document in 1998, but Congress failed to ratify the agreement, which meant the US never officially signed on to the pact. Despite its ... Nov 28, 2012 ... It was the first — and so far, only — pact to commit rich countries to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases ...