Questions surrounding the issue of climate change are evolving from is it happening? to what can be done about it?. The primary obstacles to addressing it at this point are not scientific but political and economic; nonetheless a quick resolution is unlikely.
Questions surrounding the issue of climate change are evolving from is it happening? to what can be done about it?. The primary obstacles to addressin...
International climate change policy can be broadly divided into two periods: A first period, where a broad consensus was reached to tackle the risk of global warming in a coordinated global effort, and a second period, where this consensus was finally framed into a concrete policy. The first period started at the "Earth Summit" of Rio de Janeiro in 1992, where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was opened for signature. The UNFCCC was subsequently signed and ratified by 174 countries, making it one of the most accepted international rd treaties ever. The second...
International climate change policy can be broadly divided into two periods: A first period, where a broad consensus was reached to tackle the risk of...
