Legal References
The following resources provide a good overview over the relevant areas of international law in climate change and are either focused on sustainable development issues or include interesting chapters about such issues. Please also take a look at the publications list of the CISDL.
International Agreements
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP-16 and CMP-6 - Cancún, Mexico 29 November to 10 December 2010 – Guide to the negotiations
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, FCCC/INFORMAL/84 (1992), Art.2.
UNFCCC, Decision 1/CP.13, “Bali Action Plan,” (2007)
UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol (1997), online:
ILA Resolution 3/2002: New Delhi Declaration of Principles of International Law Relating to Sustainable Development, in ILA, Report of the Seventieth Conference, New Delhi (London: ILA, 2002), online: (New Delhi Declaration).
Policy Reports
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Fourth Assessment Report, Synthesis Report (2007).
UNEP Course Series, Multilateral Environmental Agreements Negotiator's Handbook (University of Joensuu, 2007), MEA Negotiator’s Handbook
UNEP, Climate Action 2010-2011 (UNEP, 2011).
UNEP, Climate Change, online: http://www.unep.org/climatechange/
UNDP, Resource Guide on Gender and Climate Change (UNDP, 2009).
UNDP, Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Climate Finance Mechanisms (UNDP, 2010).
McInferney-Lankford, Darrow, Rajamani, Human Rights and Climate Change (World Bank, 2010).
UNDP, The Bali Action Plan: Key Issues in the Climate Negotiations (UNDP, 2008).
Articles
Bausch, Camilla, Mehling, Michael, ‘Alive and Kicking’: The First Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 15 (2), 2006, 193–201.
Bodansky, Daniel, The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: A Commentary, Yale Journal of International Law 18 (2), 1993, 451–558.
Bodansky, Daniel, The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, A Postmortem, American Journal of International Law 104 (2), 2010, 230–240.
Cordonier Segger, M.C. and Gehring, M., Trade and Investment Implications of Carbon Trading for Sustainable Development in Sustainable Development Law on Climate Change Legal Working Paper Series (IDLO-CISDL, 2011).
Doelle, Meinhard, The Legacy of the Climate Talks in Copenhagen: Hopenhagen or Brokenhagen?, Carbon and Climate Law Review 4 (1), 2010, 86–100.