POLA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kyoto Protocol
10 Dec 2015
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In the 1980"s it was a scientific problem. Later in the 80"s, climate change had shifted from a scientific problem to a political one -ipcc. Common but differential responsibilities (everybody has different responsibilities) Key initial principles universal participation and cbdr (common but differential responsibilities) Why would the global south want to participate in universal participation. Because effects are more common in the south. Eu wanted everyone to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pre-cautionary principles (better safe than sorry) Us, canada, australia, japan, russia agreed it was a problem but based on the. Large developing nations, china, brazil, india told everyone else to fix it because they caused it and better be willing to pay. Small developing nations are open minded however, they will feel the effects disproportionately. 1992 the un framework convention on climate change. Agreed to a non-binding goal to stabilize ghg emissions and a safe climate. National inventories of the measurements of ghg emissions released into the atmosphere.
