POL101Y1 Lecture 9: Lecture 09 – 28th November 2016- International Treaties and Federalism – Climate Change
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Lecture 10 28th november 2016: international treaties and federalism climate. International treaty which extends the 1992 un framework convention on. Climate change (unfccc), which commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gases emissions, based on the premise that: global warming exists, man-made co2 (carbon dioxide) emissions have caused it. Aim: for developed countries to reduce their emissions by a certain amount by a particular target date. Political hyperbole by harper in order to convince the canadian people that the kyoto and copenhagen agreements were impossible to meet and canada should just back out. Canada to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 17% of 2005 levels by 2020. It will have actually increased to 30% above the target they committed to by. Canada"s record for climate change tactics have been equally bad throughout every administration (liberal or conservative) Rather than backing out of the kyoto and copenhagen agreements, canada could have spent more money for carbon trading.
