The G20 debate on Environmental Issues: is minilateralism the solution?

Global range climate change institutions and conferences (e.g.: UNEP, COP etc.) have been part of international dynamics for decades. Many of them took place in international regimes that was specifically designed for environmental issues. G20 was created in 1999 with the goal to overcome the Asian...

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Main Authors: Vinicius Tavares de Oliveira, Mariana Balau Silveira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados 2015-04-01
Series:Monções
Online Access:http://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/moncoes/article/view/3540
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Summary:Global range climate change institutions and conferences (e.g.: UNEP, COP etc.) have been part of international dynamics for decades. Many of them took place in international regimes that was specifically designed for environmental issues. G20 was created in 1999 with the goal to overcome the Asian crisis. In that moment little attention was given to environmental issues. This situation began to change in 2008 with the first G20 summit. In that occasion, only 2 paragraphs of the final declaration dealt with climate issues. In 2010, this number grew to 12.7. This shows a growing commitment of the forum to deal with climate issues. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate if and how G20 debate on climate change could help the world to achieve deeper environmental cooperation.
ISSN:2316-8323