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One of the main aims of the foundation of the European Communities was to impel the economy after the 2nd World War. For this reason, environmental protection was overlooked. However, once the machinery of development took off the impacts of economic development were evident. Consequently, the European Economic Community (EEC) started to take measure to face them. The EEC adopted environmental action programmes and legislation and introduced the EEC environmental policy through the Single European Act to count with the legal base allowing such actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Global Pact for the Environment is a proposal for a legally binding international instrument to bring the existing principles of international environmental law together in order to improve environmental protections and achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Global Pact aims at helping States designing and developing the necessary public policies to better achieve their realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Se presentan reseñas de varios artículos acerca del tema del cambio climático, incluyendo “Interfaz ciencia-políticas públicas en Chile: Una mirada a la investigación en cambio climático” de G.R. Borquéz en la “Revista Colombiana de Sociología”; “Colombia y la transición energética” de G. Corredor en “Ciencia Política”; y “Relación entre Democracia, Desarrollo Sustentable y Cambio Climático” de A.J. Gabaldon en “Tekhné.”

Petra Kelly (1947-1992) was a German politician and activist. Unwilling to compromise and focused on a radical, border-crossing approach to politics, she was a pioneer for ecology and human rights. She helped give substance to Green politics, through her own concept of "ecopeace", which combines ecology, pacifism, feminism and nonviolence. Even though she was inspired by certain movements and ideas, at the time her holistic thought could not be categorized, though now she is seen to have foreshadowed today's concept of sustainable development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyzes the mobilization of Spanish cities in the fight against climate change in the framework of the Covenant of Mayors, launched in 2008 in the European Union. Through the Covenant, cities commit to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as to improve their energy efficiency and increase the use of renewable energies. With more than 7,700 signatories, the Covenant is an interesting example of how cities have a decisive role In the fight against climate change and in improving the sustainability of cities. The article gives an account of concrete initiatives that Spanish cities have proposed to fulfill their commitments, ranging from the replacement of public lighting to the pedestrianisation of urban centers passing through areas the increase of green in cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is a body created within the United Nations system in charge of the elaboration of reports in support of the different governments on matters related to Climate Change, its impacts and the adaptation and mitigation strategies. The paper analyses the background and reasons that lead to the creation of the IPCC, the main milestones in its lifetime and describes how it works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Paris agreement about climate change has meant an important step forward. Building up on these foundations the following years we should move towards a new GHG emission trajectory compatible with the security threshold of 1,5-2°C. The strategic position of the five biggest emitters of the world -China, United States of America, the European Union, India and Russia- it is going to be a decisive factor. The climate policies ant the respective diplomacy of these big players will define the success or failure of the climate challenge. We need to understand and analyse these climate policies in the context of their wider geopolitical frameworks. That is the way to understand the concepts, changes and strategies of these players. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo presenta un editorial en el que el autor comenta sobre el estado actual de la Unión Europea. Discurre sobre la importancia de reconocer los valores, la solidaridad y la seguridad regional de los países miembros de la Unión. También se consideran las políticas asociadas con la protección del medio ambiente.