The main objective of this project is to analyze possibilities and constraints in developing collaboration between four countries of North Asia, i.e. between China, Japan, Republic of Korea and Russia in implementing the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Also, we are to study national approaches to joint efforts, strategies and practical steps undertaken, and its impacts to other countries in the Asia Pacific region, as well as to elaborate policy recommendations on how to make joint instruments in the region an effective tool in domestic and international climate policies