ENEP426 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Copenhagen Accord, Joint Implementation, World Meteorological Organization
23 Feb 2017
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Chapter 1 policy deadlock: grappling with climate change. Intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) is a body composed of world"s leading scientists and established by un environmental program and world. Between 1990 and 2007 they produced several reports regarding global climate change. Concern for climate change can date back to aristotle times. In the us interest in climate change dates back to colonial america, when cotton mather observed in 1721 that after clearing the woods around, climate change. Ben franklin made sophisticated observations 1766 about spring weather being colder and weather not normal. During this period, several greenhouse effect pioneers including french mathematician joseph fourier jean baptiste in 1827, british scientist john. Tyndall in 1861, and swedish chemist svante arrhenius in 1896- determined that the warming of the planet was associated with a buildup of greenhouse gases. Distinction between global warming and global climate change.
