The Kyoto Protocol as a Learning Treaty

The most significant progress achieved through the regime on climate change is the agreement among all states parties that the protection of the world climate is the common responsibility of all states. This resulted in the establishment of a respective solidarity community paraphrased as common but differentiated responsibility of states. The second achievement is the commitment of 

Property Rights to reduce the costs of access to environmentally sound technology has been resisted by the United States, the European Union, Japan, and other industrialized states.  

Stuttgart, Germany Gerald Busch and Friedrich Beese institute of Soil Science and 5. 

Risk is based on the contrast between reality and possibility (Markowitz, 1990). Only when the future is seen as at least partially influenced by human beings) is it possible to prevent potential hazards or to mitigate their consequences (Ewald, 1993). The prediction of possible hazards depends on the causal relation between the responsible party and the consequences. Becau.se the consequences are unwelcome, risk is always a normative concept. A society should avoid, reduce, or at lea.st control ri.sks. Increasing potentials of technical hazards and the cultural integration of external hazards into ri.sk calculations increase the demand for risk science and risk management (Beck, 1986). 

risks can be described as possible effects of aclions, which are assessed as unwelcome by the vast majority ot human beings. 

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