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FROM VOLUME 8, NUMBER 4, APRIL 1995

REPORTS...
JOINT IMPLEMENTATION

Item #d95apr111

Joint Implementation from a European NGO Perspective, Climate Network Europe, 59 pp., July 1994, no charge. Order from Climate Network Europe, 44 rue du Taciturne, 1040 Brussels, Belg. (tel: 32 2 231 0180; fax: 32 2 230 5713).

Presents a statement prepared in consultation with about 30 European NGOs that begins with a position against the concept of joint implementation for credit under the Climate Convention. Includes two papers by outside researchers that provide a scientific basis for the position.

Item #d95apr112

Criteria for Joint Implementation Under the Framework Convention on Climate Change, K. Ramakrishna, Ed., 58 pp., May 1994, no charge. Available from Woods Hole Res. Ctr., POB 296, Woods Hole MA 02543 (tel: 508 540 9900; fax: 508 540 9700).

Proceedings for a workshop (Jan. 1994, Bermuda). Reviewed 12 criteria proposed by the Interim Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and discussed several commissioned papers. The workshop concluded, for example, that as many strategies as possible must be mobilized toward stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, and that if properly structured, joint implementation can link environmental protection and development in a new, positive partnership.

Item #d95apr113

Joint Implementation: An Overview Paper, D. Pearce, 1994, $9/£5. Contact Publications Secy., Ctr. Social & Econ. Res. on the Global Environment, Univ. E. Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK (tel: 0603 593176, ext. 2642; fax: 0603 250588).

Item #d95apr114

Joint Implementation, Oct. 1994. Contact H. Merkus, Dept. Clim. Change of the Environ. Ministry, Rm. 640, POB 30945, 2500 GX The Hague, Neth. (tel: 31 70 339 4440; fax: 31 70 339 1310).

A brochure developed from a discussion paper. If JI is to be successful, the rules must be well defined and the criteria crystal clear. Favors a test phase of about three years during which the avoided greenhouse gas emissions should be tracked but not counted. A fund to finance JI projects should come from investors wanting to buy CO₂ credits.

Item #d95apr115

Joint Implementation: Institutional Options and Implications, P. Wexler, I. Mintzer et al., 20 pp., Apr. 1994, no charge. Contact Ctr. for Global Change, Univ. Maryland, Executive Bldg., S. 401, 7100 Baltimore Ave., College Pk. MD 20740 (tel: 301 403 4165; fax: 301 403 4292).

Discusses nine basic functions a joint implementation regime might serve, ranging from monitoring and verification to bringing interested parties together. Consideration of different parties' expectations and the ways of meeting those expectations suggests a pilot phase of two-to-five years, using a step-by-step approach.

Item #d95apr116

Joint Implementation of Climate Change Commitments: Opportunities and Apprehensions, 1994. Contact TERI (Tata Energy Res. Inst.), 7 Jor Bagh, New Delhi 110 003, India.

Report from a workshop (Jan. 1994, New Delhi).