International Environmental Law Research Guide

Pathfinder Living with Kyoto: A comparison of Hungary and the Netherlands

Introduction to Research Guides

General Introduction to the topic

Caring for Climate: A Guide to the Climate Change Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/publications/caring_en.pdf

Information sources for Hungary

UNFCCC Country Profile
http://unfccc.int/files/parties_and_observers/parties
/annex_i/country_profiles/application/pdf/
c-brief-ext_hungary_a0__24_feb.2005_.pdf

EarthTrends Country Profile
http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/
country_profiles/Cli_cou_348.pdf

OECD Economic Survey
http://www.oecd.org/document/56/
0,2340,en_2649_37465_25348472_1_1_1_37465,00.html

Joint Implementation for International Emission Reductions through Electricity Companies in the EU and CEE: Hungary County Profile Report
http://joint.energyprojects.net/documents/hungary.pdf

General country information from the CIA Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/hu.html

Information sources for the Netherlands

UNFCCC Country Profile
http://unfccc.int/files/parties_and_observers/parties
/annex_i/country_profiles/application/
pdf/c-brief-ext_netherlands_a0__21_feb.2005_.pdf

EarthTrends Country Profile
http://earthtrends.wri.org/pdf_library/
country_profiles/Cli_cou_528.pdf

OECD Economic Survey
http://www.oecd.org/document/62/
0,2340,en_2649_37465_31815870_1_1_1_37465,00.html

Joint Implementation for International Emission Reductions through Electricity Companies in the EU and CEE: Netherlands County Profile Report (Select “Documents” from menu and scroll down to the Netherlands link)
http://joint.energyprojects.net/

General country information from the CIA Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nl.html

Selected Information Sources

Climate Change Information Sheets
http://unfccc.int/resource/iuckit/infokit.pdf

European Union Emissions Trading – National Allocation Plans
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/
climat/emission_plans.htm

Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Equity and Global Climate Change: the Complex Elements of Global Fairness
http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/
pol%5Fequity%5F062603%5F142537%2E.pdf

Treaties and Conventions

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/2860.php

Text of the Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf

Text of the Kyoto Protocol
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.pdf

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