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International institutions and new sustainable development goals beyond 2015: climate change, poor and vulnerable countries /  Joy Hyvarinen. Foundation for international environmental law and development (FIELD), September 2012, 12 p.http://www.field.org.uk/files/field_climate_post_rio__20_september_2012.pdfThe paper argues that post-Rio + 20 changes to international institutions and proposed global sustainable development goals should give priority to climate change and poor and vulnerable countries. It highlights that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol recognize that particularly vulnerable countries and countries such as LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS require special attention and argues that this should also be reflected in changes to international institutions and in new sustainable development goals. The paper considers human security as a potential conceptual framework for strengthening international institutions and determining new goals. It emphasizes challenges for poor and vulnerable countries in a world where advancing climate change is likely to pose an increasing threat to sustainable development and human security. (© Field)