Auralia wrote:Abacathea wrote:(i) Mandates that member-states take all practical and effective measures to make a meaningful and good-faith effort towards reducing vehicular emissions, including the institution of a progressive schedule of reduction in the amount of emissions produced by automobiles manufactured after the passage of this resolution.
It's important to consider the the law of diminishing returns here. This would be a good idea for vehicles with relative emissions of 100, but not for vehicles with relative emissions of 1. In the latter case, there is no real need to cut emissions any further, and any attempts to do so would largely be a waste of resources.
That is completely true and why I specifically suggested this clause include one of my favourite word pairings in international legislation - practical AND effective. At the point where these measures are not both practical AND effective, they are no longer mandated.
Auralia wrote:Abacathea wrote:(iii) Mandates the creation of the "International Vehicular Emissions Authority" committee to review the data from clause (ii) annually to ensure compliance with clause (i) and (ii) respectively and to provide guidance and guidelines to nations to further assist them in their goals.
I really don't think this committee is necessary.
Probably a fair point, actually.