?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4490%2F&rft.title=Comparative+Analysis+of+Decision-making+Processes+of+the+Developed+Countries+towards+CO2+Emissions+Reduction+Target&rft.creator=Kawashima%2C+Y.&rft.description=This+working+paper+aims+to+determine+the+most+influential+factors+for+countries'+decision-making+policies+towards+international+negotiations+on+the+climate+change+convention+from+the+late+1980s+to+1992.+A+thorough+interview+survey+with+the+same+questions+posed+to+all+the+interviewees+is+organised+to+achieve+this+aim.+This+study+selects+five+developed+countries+--+the+Netherlands%2C+Germany%2C+the+United+Kingdom%2C+Japan+and+the+United+States+--+to+compare+the+decision-making+process+of+each+country.+The+author+introduces+six+major+factors+that+are+likely+to+affect+their+decision-making%3A++impact%2C+economic+cost%2C+domestic+politics%2C+international+politics%2C+effectiveness+of+the+convention%2C+and+learning.+These+factors+are+evaluated+by+those+who+were+actually+involved+in+the+decision-making+of+their+respective+countries.+It+is+concluded+from+the+survey+that+(1)+political+leadership+within+the+country+was+the+major+factor+for+the+countries+that+played+the+leadership+role+in+the+negotiation%2C+(2)+pressure+from+other+countries+was+the+major+factor+for+the+countries+that+gradually+became+positive+towards+the+negotiation%2C+and+(3)+economic+cost+necessary+to+reduce+the+CO2+emissions+was+the+major+factor+for+the+countries+that+oppose+to+the+strong+commitments+in+the+convention.+The+structure+of+this+paper+is+as+follows%3A+a+brief+background+on+the+positions+the+five+countries+took+during+the+negotiation%2C+a+description+on+the+method+of+the+interview+survey%2C+results+of+the+survey+and+discussions+obtained+from+the+results.&rft.publisher=WP-95-106&rft.date=1995-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4490%2F1%2FWP-95-106.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kawashima%2C+Y.++(1995).++Comparative+Analysis+of+Decision-making+Processes+of+the+Developed+Countries+towards+CO2+Emissions+Reduction+Target.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-106+++++