The European Union had taken a determined step to include the highly polluting sector of aviation under the European Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS), and therefore, it is submitted that the recent decision to suspend the application of the EU ETS to international flights constitutes a huge mistake.
Month: December 2012
Women in international criminal law: The International Criminal Court, a feminist success or just another international organization in men’s hands?
“Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being[…]” (Henry Brooks Adams, 1838-1918) This expression is equally true nowadays, as law always reflects its authors’ values and intents. For international law, which is a domaine historically dominated by (white) men, that means, that women’s interests were mostly neglected for…
THE SIMULATION (?)
What happens when prejudice and individual agendas permeate the negotiations of a collective goal? COP-18 happens.
The carbon market beyond Kyoto?
A plea to include six measures into the post-Kyoto agreemen[1] ‘Concerns about climate change have placed this threat to development prospects high on the international agenda, particularly in terms of its economic, trade and social impacts’[2].