Kal Raustiala

July 2008

"Toward a Post-Kyoto Climate Change Architecture: A Political Analysis"

Discussion Paper

By Robert O. Keohane and Kal Raustiala

"Any international agreement to address climate change must rest on broad public support in developed nations for mitigation actions. We propose an international climate architecture that builds on such public support — which we hope will be forthcoming — and uses multilateral international institutions to extend its effects to countries without such "green" publics."