... states who are major economic powers. Considering that the United States under former president Bill Clinton did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol the bluster of president Trump raises the question of whether there is some game theory (beyond Trump's “Art ... ... on the ratification issue. But two things are likely. First, a small group of people will reap or scam huge profits from the climate change deal. Second, when a power outage cuts off the air conditioning at the UN on a sweltering summer day in Manhattan ...
Combating climate change is one of the seventeen goals in the Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015
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When the 21st Conference on Climate Change in Paris (COP21) and the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol held from November 30 to December 11 last year approved the new comprehensive agreement
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covering the time period up until 2020 in international cooperation on climate, it became clear that states have come to the understanding that ...
... declares, in particular, countries’ orientation towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. An important provision of the UNFCCC is the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, whereby the primary responsibility for combating climate change (hence, the main emission reduction commitments) falls on developed countries and economies in transition.
The
Kyoto Protocol
signed in 1997 specifies the provisions of the UNFCCC. Both developed countries and economies in transition have made specific quantitative commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions over the term of the Protocol, that is, from ...
... technicalities will continue in Lima.
What about Russia? Is it going to increase its role in this area of international cooperation and in what way, should it happen?
Since Russian leaders stayed away from the New York conference, one might presume that climate change is not on Moscow's priority list. Russia refused to give quantitative commitments within round two of the Kyoto Protocol, but at the same time passed a national law to reduce emissions by 2020 to 75 percent of 1990 volumes. In New York, Russia showed a readiness to participate in the post-Kyoto agreement and cut emissions by 2020 to 70-75 percent of 1990 ...
... countries in its last meeting.
This article reviews the current international agenda on climate change, starting with the latest findings on climate science. It then offers an analysis of existing international instruments such as the Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol, and the state of the UN negotiations on a new treaty. The article continues with an examination of the relevance of the discussions for Russia and concludes by exploring prospects for a new UN agreement as well as climate mitigation efforts ...
