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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, it became clear that countries like Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal breached their Maastricht commitments.
Nonetheless, establishing commitments for governments that extend beyond electoral cycles can imbue legislative agendas with a longer-term perspective, as they reduce partisan policy turnover.
In doing so, the Commission is rewarding inefficiency and reducing the effectiveness of its commitments to clean up the environment.
New EU member states are meeting their individual Kyoto commitments.
Despite this, countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands, which are not expected to meet their Kyoto commitments, are being allowed to increase their emissions.
But, despite being the EU’s third poorest country, the European Commission’s rulings mean that it must purchase emission quotas from richer and more polluting EU members that have done little to meet their Kyoto commitments.
Fortunately, the Council seems to have internalized this lesson, leaving open the possibility of reconsidering its commitments after COP21.
With local governments’ finances burdened by continuously expanding spending commitments, public resources in many cities are highly constrained.
Yet, according to a study by British climate scientists Kevin Anderson and John Broderick, in order to meet its climate commitments, the EU must phase out all fossil fuels by 2035.
And, as they turn their backs on global commitments, refugees, drowning by the boatload in the surrounding sea, provide an epitaph for a bygone era.
So, if the US does renege on its commitments under the JCPOA, it would be difficult, if not impossible, for Iran’s leaders to justify further concessions.
The US elected a president who appeared intent on scaling back America’s global commitments.
The commitments of single countries like Germany to over-fulfill their duties are useless.
Bringing Serbia into the EU would permanently stabilize the regional order and – at the time when Europe is increasingly wary of indefinite military commitments -- offer the prospect of a concrete exit strategy for NATO troops in Kosovo.
Climate bonds have the potential to empower countries and institutions as they move toward meeting enforceable commitments to reduce CO2 emissions.
And yet, as long as global growth remains weak, Africans cannot count on developed countries to fully honor their commitments to help attain the Sustainable Development Goals.
One hopes that countries will come prepared to make tangible, enduring commitments.
Such commitments were sorely lacking in 2015.
The problem is certainly not a lack of commitments, including those made at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
Rather, what has been missing is the fulfillment of these commitments.
It is an appropriate time to remind ourselves of the commitments made in Rio 20 years ago, and to get on with the process of implementing them.
Fisheries depletion, in both exclusive economic zones and on the high seas, reveals how the international community is failing to meet one of the most important commitments that came out of the 1992 meeting.
Without internationally agreed-upon mechanisms for designating and managing marine-protected areas in international waters, the commitments made in Nagoya will amount to little more than hollow promises.
As the experience of developed countries has shown, long-term fiscal commitments, such as universal pensions and health care, can be easy to make, but difficult to fulfill.
Of course, the G-7 declaration is only a declaration, and it does not yet include the commitments of many of the world’s largest CO2-emitting countries, including China, India, and Russia.
Democracies are notoriously bad at producing credible bargains that require political commitments over the medium term.
German politicians and their electorates can be excused for doubting whether future Greek, Irish, or Portuguese governments can be counted upon to deliver on current leaders’ commitments.
Democracies often deal with the problem of extracting commitments from future politicians by delegating decision-making to quasi-independent bodies managed by officials who are insulated from day-to-day politics.
Donors also need to live up to their aid commitments and target aid more effectively.
Keeping a seat at the table would have given America more leverage over future commitments and agreements, including on other issues.
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