Climate Change Politics – Notes Kyoto Protocol – * December 1997 * Signed by 168 countries * First internationally legal binding target for the reduction of green house gas emissions * Target – cut green house gases by 12.5% based on the 1990 levels by 2012 * Emphasis on developed countries- developing nations‚ ie China and India – exempt from cuts * This protocol not enforced until 2005 * Largest undermining factor – USA failed to ratify the protocol * KEY as
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1 Climate Change Global climate change is one of the most urgent environmental problems we have to acknowledge today. The world‚ as we have observed and recorded data over the last several decades‚ is in the midst of an unexpected alteration. Temperature in the winter season is changing more than other seasons and mid to high latitude positions are showing comparatively bigger changes than those of low latitudes. The water vapor‚ carbon dioxide‚ ozone and many other chemical compounds in the atmosphere
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and off. It is rather a slow build-up of information about his surroundings. It develops gradually over time‚ meaning different levels of awareness can exist(Kai Riemer‚ Russel Haines‚ 2008). Climate change is a significant and emerging threat to public health‚ economics‚ tourism‚ and agriculture‚ and changes the way we must look at protecting vulnerable populations. Another theoryanchored in this study is the theory of Florence Nightingale “Environmental Model”.In Nightingale’s theory‚ her main
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source)<br><br>For the first time ever‚ the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change‚ the authoritative international body charged with studying this issue‚ concluded that the observed increase in global average temperature over the last century "is unlikely to be entirely natural in origin" and that "the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate."<br><br>The Earth ’s climate is the result of extremely complex interactions among the atmosphere‚ the
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Globalisation‚ Business and Society Producers or Consumers- Where does the responsibility for Climate Change lie? Word Count: 3626 GLOBALSIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE PRODUCERS OR CONSUMERS – WHERE DOES THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE LIE? Globalisation is a terminology that can be defined in numerous ways but the underlying concept is it’s a “system of interaction amongst countries of the world in order to develop the global economy” (http://hubpages.com)
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“Climate change is one of the greatest threats of our time”(Government of Canada). Climate change is a shift in weather condition that is long-term. Human activities like burning fossil fuels release carbon into the atmosphere causing a buildup of greenhouse gases. The burning of fossil fuels currently accounts for about 70-90 % of human emissions that are greenhouse gases (Government of Canada). Greenhouse gas acts as a blanket surrounding the earth causing the earth to heat up and affect wind patterns
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that? I suppose you could argue. And why is that? Because you have never deeply researched the concepts of either global warming or climate change. So what can we learn from that? The first step of solving a problem is being aware of it. So you would ask “what is global warming?” Global warming is exactly what you hear. The warming of the globe. The earth’s climate gets hotter and hotter until icebergs start melting causing massive floods‚ forests are burning and whole areas are left without any
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Climate change is a hot topic when it comes to politics and the laws surrounding them. With Donald Trump becoming president many policies currently in place could soon be changing. Many politicians believe it is a hoax. To completely understand the culture of climate change conspiracies theories‚ a complete understanding of global warming must be known. Climate change has a pretty set in stone definition‚ according to almost every climate scientist. While global warming is correct terminology‚ climate
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The ‘best’ policies that respond to climate change are the ones that go beyond addressing global warming‚ they also need to take greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into account‚ since GHG’s pose a greater threat to society than that of global warming. Thus‚ the best policies will cut emissions and stabilize the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The best policies to address climate change revolve around four categories: economic action‚ innovation‚ performance standards‚ and innovation
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With Focus on the British Isles how in 50 years time will climate change effect plant productivity and biodiversity. http://www.pnas.org/content/104/50/19686.full Plant productivity is expected to be strongly affected by climate change within the next 50 years. Lobell et al. (2011) showed that climate trends since 1980 were large enough in many countries to offset a significant proportion of the potential increases in average crop yields due to technological advances‚ CO2 fertilization and other
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