ENGR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Our Common Future, Rachel Carson
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Indiscriminate use of pesticides wew harmful to bird, fish, animal and human life. Predicted that population growth may eventually outspace agricultural food supply. Club of rome, limits to growth, 1972. James lovelock, gaia, new look at life on earth, 1979. Uncontrolled human consumption had potential to make planet inhabitable. Likened earth to a self-regulating living being with abilities to adapt and heal itself. International panel on climate change (ipcc) 1988. International body of scientists, experts that monitor research from around the. Provides objective opinion on climate change, its causes, consequences, and how world to reduce its effects. In rio, 165 nations voluntary agreed to reduce greenhouse (ghg) emissions. In kyoto, more that 80 countries agreed to reduce emission 5. 2 below 1990 levels by 2010. U. s. not signatory to kyoto protocol but agreed to copenhagen accord. Canada pledged to emission level of 17% ghgs below 2005 levels by 2020.
