Abstract

This article examines the diffusion of the principle of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’ (CBDR) from the United Nations (UN) to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Despite its varying interpretations in international negotiations since the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), CBDR’s meaning hardly experienced any change in ASEAN. ASEAN’s different interpretation of CBDR from the UN matched the unchanging internal and external role expectations of ASEAN, which were a product of member states’ learning and conditioned by cognitive priors in the region. Cognitive priors in the climate change context included the ‘ASEAN Way’ of collaboration and member states’ deep-seated aspirations for development. The empirical study shows that internally, ASEAN acted as an interactive space for information exchange and a relationship facilitator; externally, it has embraced the position as the voice amplifier for member states in international negotiations. Maintaining the UNFCCC version of CBDR tallied well with ASEAN’s role expectations to: 1) provide member states with room to develop national actions that meet their respective priorities (internal); and 2) put member states in a better position to defend their interests in negotiating adaptation and mitigation responsibilities with extra-regional states (external).

摘要

本文考察了“共同但有区别的责任”（CBDR）原则从联合国（UN）向东南亚国家联盟（ASEAN）的传播。尽管自 1992 年《联合国气候变化框架公约》（UNFCCC）以来在国际谈判中出现了不同的解释，但 CBDR 的含义在东盟几乎没有发生任何变化。东盟与联合国对“共同贡献”的不同解读与东盟不变的内外角色期望相吻合，这是成员国学习的产物，受该地区认知先验条件的制约。气候变化背景下的认知先验包括合作的“东盟方式”和成员国根深蒂固的发展愿望。实证研究表明，在内部，东盟充当信息交流的互动空间和关系促进者；在外部，它已经接受了作为成员国在国际谈判中扩音器的地位。维持 UNFCCC 版本的 CDR 与东盟的角色期望非常吻合：1) 为成员国提供空间来制定满足其各自优先事项（内部）的国家行动；2) 使成员国在与区域外国家（外部）谈判适应和减缓责任时能够更好地捍卫自己的利益。1) 为成员国提供空间来制定符合其各自优先事项的国家行动（内部）；2) 使成员国在与区域外国家（外部）谈判适应和减缓责任时能够更好地捍卫自己的利益。1) 为成员国提供空间来制定符合其各自优先事项的国家行动（内部）；2) 使成员国在与区域外国家（外部）谈判适应和减缓责任时能够更好地捍卫自己的利益。