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Negotiating a Climate Treaty—Common but How Differentiated?
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Negotiating a Climate Treaty—Common but How Differentiated?

Stephen D. Eule and Julian L. Wong offer perspectives on negotiating a climate treaty in this Envisions article.

Understanding the common but differentiated principle is the start of how the world has delegated responsibilities to the players around the globe in order to tackle the energy challenge of the 21st century. Approaching this principle is an important beginning in order to start working on the policy, business, research and development, and the environmental potential solutions. Stephen Eule and Julian Wong bring us their own angles on why and how this basic principle should be renewed and implemented to keep pace with a fast-changing and carbon-intense world.

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