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International Environmental Agreements Presentation by: Dr. Gazala Habib Room 303, Block IV Department of Civil Engineering IIT Delhi (4th November, 2016) Vital alarming statistics !! • Sea level rise: 3.41 mm/year • Global average CO2: September 2016 atmospheric CO2 average ~ 404.42 ppm {First time in history >400ppm CO2 for >1 year (2015-2016)}. • Global Temperature: 1.7 ºF since year1880. • Arctic summer sea ice: Shrunk to lowest extent on record. (13.3% per decade recently !!). • Greenland ice loss: Doubled between 1996 and 2005 (around 281 gigatonnes per year). Source: http://climate.nasa.gov/ 2 Atmospheric CO2 Levels: Historical Perspective Source: NOAA, 2016 Vostok & Law Dome: Antartica Mauna Loa: Hawaii Islands Atmospheric CO2 Levels: Recent data Source: NOAA, 2016 Source: NASA, 2015 Global Sea Level Rise Source: NASA, 2015 Important Terms • Pre-industrial time: Refers to period before year 1750. • Green House Gases (GHGs): Water vapor (H2O), CO2, methane (CH4), Nitrous oxide (N2O), Ozone (O3), Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • Signatory: A party (country) that sign a legally binding document at any treaty, convention, conference, etc. • Ratification: Official adoption of any treaty, agreement, etc. signed by a party (country) by its parliament/law making body by voting and securing a majority. Climate Change: Definitions Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “A change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g., by using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. Climate change may be due to natural internal processes or external forcing, or to persistent anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use” The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): “A change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods”. Various Environmental Organizations GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION: •Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change. •Central/State Pollution Control Boards/Agencies. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: •United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) •IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) [1988] •World Bank •International Energy Agency (IEA) •Earth System Governance Project [2009] •Global Environment Facility [1991] NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION (NGO) : •International (e.g. Green Peace, WWF) •Country Specific (e.g. CSE) 9 UN CONFERENCES & PROTOCOLS ON ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT , CLIMATE CHANGE UN Conference on Human Environment, Stockholm (1972) (Effect of Environmental degradation on Quality of Human Life) Vienna Convention (1985) (Protection of Ozone Layer) Montreal Protocol (1989) (Total Elimination of Ozone Depleting Substances) Basal Convention (1989) (Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous waste) Geneva Convention (1990) (Technology and financial help to Developing Countries) UN Convention on Climate Change, New York (1992) Economic Development and Environmental Protection Bio-diversity Convention, Nairobi (1992) (Preservation of Earth’s Bio-diversity) 11 UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1992) (Environment and Sustainable Development) Kyoto Protocol (1997) (Stabilization of Green House Gases) World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg (2002) (International Solidarity on Environmental Issues) Bali, Indonesia (2007) Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) established Copenhagen Summit (2009) (Road map for Post-Kyoto treaties) United Nations Climate Change Conference, Doha, Qatar (2012) (The Doha Climate Gateway) Paris Agreement (2016) (Targets for everyone) 12 Montreal Protocol 1987 • Main provisions: – Requirement for individual countries to phase out the production and consumption of designated substances (CFC’s) – A multilateral fund into which developed countries could contribute funds that would be used to help developing countries achieve the control measures specified in the agreement – Ban on trade in designated ozone-depleting chemicals e.g. those containing CFC’s. 13 Ozone Depleting Gas Index ODGI 2016: 81.4 Source: NOAA, 2016 KYOTO PROTOCOL (1997) The UN member countries divided into: Annex I countries: Industrialized countries and economies in transition. Annex II countries: Developed countries which pay for costs of developing countries. Non Annex I countries: Developing countries. 15 Kyoto Protocol: Mechanisms Kyoto Protocol (1997) Brown = Countries that have signed and ratified the treaty (Annex I & II countries in dark brown) Blue = No intention to ratify at this stage. Dark blue = Canada, which withdrew from the Protocol in December 2011. Grey = no position taken or position unknown Source: UNFCCC, 2016 19 Annex I, II & Non Annex Parties Source: UNFCCC, 2016 CO2 before & after Kyoto Protocol Source: UNFCCC, 2015 22 Paris Agreement on Climate Change, 2016 • On 12 December 2015, the Paris Agreement was adopted as an agreement within the UNFCCC framework. • 192 countries have signed this agreement (including India). • 94 Countries have ratified (including India). • India ratified on 02 October 2016. • It will come into force on 4 November 2016 after ratification by 55 UNFCCC Parties, accounting for 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions. • Paris Agreement will replace the Kyoto Protocol after its second commitment period ends on 31 January 2020. 23 Importance of Paris Agreement, 2016 For the first time in more than 20 years of UN’s climate negotiations, the COP21 accomplished a legally binding and universal agreement on climate: the Paris Agreement. 24 Provisions in Paris Agreement • A long-term target to limit the rise in the global temperature “to well below 20C (3.60F) above pre-industrial levels” and appealed to countries to engage in efforts to restrict the increase to 1.50C. • A promise to generate a global assessment of climate improvement by 2018; and the nations will be back to the negotiating table by 2020 for presenting climate objectives that would represent an advancement ahead of their thenexisting target. • Voluntary pledges made by 188 parties (countries) to climate change action in the shape of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). • Emissions-slashing pledges from individual countries and promises to help the developing nations adapt to the detrimental effects of global warming. Moreover, the negotiators agreed on measures to amend, strengthen, and scrutinize countries’ individual contributions (INDCs). 25 Common But Differentiated Responsibility (CBDR) (India’s Standpoint) • Stresses the need for equity and fairness (as highlighted by the developing countries). • Obligation on all parties (countries) to take climate action in consideration of their respective domestic/national circumstances. 26 India Ratifies the Paris Climate Agreement. What does it mean? 27 India’s Ratification of Paris Agreement • India ratified the Paris agreement on climate change on 2nd October 2016. • India is the world’s 4th-largest carbon emitter accounting for 4.1% of the total global emission, is the 62nd nation to ratify the agreement. 28 India’s Commitments in Paris Agreement • Reduction in emissions intensity per unit GDP by 33 to 35% below the 2005 level by 2030. • The aim is to produce 40% of the total electricity from sources other than fossil fuels. • Creation of an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon-dioxide through extra forest and tree cover by 2030. • Voluntarily installing 175 GW of renewable power capacity by 2022 (Targets are 100 GW of electricity from solar energy, of which 40 GW would be through individual rooftop systems. 29 Volunteer Tasks for you !! 1. Watch and share these documentary movies: • An Inconvenient Truth (By Al Gore). • Before the Floods (By Leonardio Caprio). 2. Read the book “Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet” by Mark Lynas. (Summary at: http://www.sustainablewoodstock.co.uk/onetwo%20degrees%20 summary.pdf)