United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

What are the implications of climate change to development? Climate change is one of the most fundamental challenges ever to confront humanity. Its implication on development is all-encompassing, affecting food security, health and safety, infrastructure, international trade, and the overall economy of a country. It also affects development policies in terms of tradeoffs, short-term actions versus long-term benefits, and individual choices versus global consequences. According to the…

creating change within Canada has been passed from one government to the next, leading to successive governments failing to even attempt to meet Kyoto targets. With the United States not ratifying the agreement, Canada was at risk to severely damage the national economy by attempting to meet targets. Furthermore, the economic repercussions to design and implement a plan to attempt too meet that targets would have been disastrous. The Kyoto Protocol emerged in 1997 from the United Nations…

Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries. Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Goal 12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. Goal 14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for water and sanitation. Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat…

countries who requested. In 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development met in Rio. In this meeting, agenda 21 was passed which had a goal of “international agreements which respect the interests of all and protect the integrity of the global environmental and developmental system” This resolution proclaimed that humans are the main concern for sustainable development and that environmental protection should be counted. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable…

In order for the world to be successful in implementing changes globally, the officials of Brazil believe that the exchange of ideas, plans and initiatives is the most effective step that the world can take to better mainstream sustainability goals into urban development to build climate resilience. Brazil, currently facing a rapid economic growth and gradual decrease in carbon emission holds a double-edged sword that…

In December 1997, there was an international treaty adopted unanimously by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that was named after a Japanese City, it was called the Kyoto Protocol. It took only one year for members of the UNFCCC to decide that there needed to be stricter demands for reducing gas emissions (UNFCCC, 2014). This Protocol was designed to reduce the emissions of gases that contribute to global warming. Given that, there were 41 countries plus the…

include the creation or adjustment of trade barriers, lifecycle costs of goods, supply chain disruption, and potential risk of human or environment disaster. The Office of the United States Trade Representative tracks relevant data through their National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (Office of the United States Trade Representative, 2015). The Office reports that an increase of maritime piracy is expected to increase costs of global trade. There is evidence to support a…

Climate Change is a worldwide phenomenon, that affects the regular conditions of the environment. Historically, there have been several conventions, as the Kyoto Protocol, in order to address this problem. However, only until the Paris Agreement, countries have committed to take actions to mitigate this issue. In fact, Canada did not demonstrate any interest in the subject, but rather the provinces took the initiative and started to use regulations to reduce CO2 emissions. By 2015, Canada has…

Global warming and climate change can both refers to the observed centuryscale risses in the average temperature of the Earths climate system and its related effects, although climate changeing can also refers to any historical change in climate. Multiples lines of scientific evidences shows that the climate system is warming up . More than 91% of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1975 has gone into ocean warming; the remainder has melted the ice, and warmed the…

Politics is supposed to be an important aspect of a country. In fact, we cannot think of any nation without its political history. Politics really influences the daily life of every person in a country but does not, however; seem to be easy for people to understand. To comprehend politics, people have to seek help from various sources such as media, newspapers, books and especially, public intellectuals who are well renowned thinkers. Public intellectuals are: writers, scientists, teachers, and…