1. Tracking Climate Change.
- Author
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Parris, Thomas M.
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CLIMATE change , *CLIMATOLOGY , *GLOBAL temperature changes , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *ENVIRONMENTALISM , *GREENHOUSE gases , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation , *POLLUTION prevention , *EMISSIONS trading , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *AIR quality , *EMISSIONS (Air pollution) , *ENVIRONMENTAL impact charges , *ENVIRONMENTAL law , *POLLUTION & economics , *POLLUTION control costs - Abstract
Presents observations about the international efforts to track climate change and instill laws which protect the environment. Consideration of how Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; How the goals of the convention were to set framework for intergovernmental efforts to fight the challenges of climate change; Ways in which the Kyoto Protocol would reduce developed-country greenhouse gas emissions by at least 4 percent; Details provided on the laws at the UNFCCC Web site.
- Published
- 2004
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