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This article introduces the implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in a non-Party state: Taiwan. It examines the reasons why Taiwan as a non-Party decided to voluntarily comply with the FCCC. The institutional and legal settings for an effective implementation, as well as the implementation strategies put forward by the Taiwanese academics and manifested by the government will be discussed. Critique of the implementation strategies pursued by the government, and external and domestic obstacles for an effective implementation will be investigated as well.
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Shih, WC. The Implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in a Non-Party State: Taiwan. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 2, 69–98 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015041414440
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