Climate change

Global climate protection measures

"The day is fast approaching when climate change escapes all control. It's time for a revolution in political action.“ Chirac, Jaques; former French President

Every year since 1995 there have been UN climate conferences. Industrialized countries, emerging economies and developing countries jointly negotiate international climate change. So far, a protocol was drawn up in 1997 in Kyoto, which established specific greenhouse gas reduction targets for developed countries for the period from 2005 to 2012..

Now watch the following two-part video on international climate protection measures:

Search the Internet for the results of the UN Climate Change Conferences in Copenhagen (2009), Cancun (2010), Durban (2011), Doha (2012) and Bonn (2013).

Helpful links

unfccc.int/2860.php
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change
in.reset.org/

Helpful links

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Emission_Trading_Scheme
ec.europa.eu/clima/policies
www.climnet.org

What do you think is the reason that only the industrialised countries had to commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Kyoto Protocol?

Sources

Nel/ Sakurai, Heiko/ Schot van der, Bas/ Stuttmann, Klaus/ Hax-Schoppenhorst, Thomas (2008): Prima Klima! St(r)icheleien zur globalen Krise. Aachen: MVG Medienproduktion und Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH