EXPLORING THE TOOLBOX OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE RUN UP TO THE PARIS CLIMATE CONFERENCE OF DECEMBER 2015

Abstract

The objective of the workshop of February 4, 2015 organized by the IREDIES (Sorbonne Law School,
University Paris 1), CERIC (CNRS and Aix-Marseille
University) and IDDRI, was to feed the COP 21 preparations by trying to fertilize a reflection, through the
comparison with other areas of international regulation.
It was to explore the contents of the toolbox of international law, comparing the viewpoints of specialists working
* Directrice de recherche au CNRS, dirige le Centre d’Etudes et de
Recherches Internationales et Communautaires (CERIC, UMR 7318 AixMarseille Université / CNRS) à à Aix-en-Provence.
[email protected]
** Professeur à l’Ecole de droit de la Sorbonne (Paris 1), Université
Panthéon Sorbonne.
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in the field of climate change and those of generalists of
international law as well of as specialists of another field
of international law (economy, human rights, etc.). The
aim was, on a number of issues encountered in the climate field, to confront the views of researchers, negotiators and practitioners. The workshop has demonstrated
the flexibility of international law, which, by the wide
range of its instruments, offers many opportunities for
states to organize cooperation between them. It has
shown that the lack of agreement or political will is, in
this area, the only limitation to the action of states. It was
repeatedly stressed that international cooperation is part
of a dynamic, that international law has to drive and
support