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International Environmental Issues Huge number of Treaties ENTRI database • Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal, 1987) (171) • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (New York, 1992) (184) • Convention on Biological Diversity (1992) (187) • Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Kyoto, 1997) (88) Debates over Environment • US v. Europe, Japan, Canada • Industrialized world v. Developing world • China, India, oil producers v. everyone Climate Change • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Climate Change reports here) • World Meteorological Organization (WMO) • UN Environment Program (UNEP) • UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat • World Bank’s Global Environmental Facility What Produces Greenhouse Gases? • Source US Environmental protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/globalghg.html) Who Produces Greenhouse Gases? Who Will Produce Them in the Future? • Source US Environmental protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/globalghg.html) IPCC Reports • All IPCC Reports • IPCC Fifth Assessment Report 2013 • Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and • • Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation, 2012 Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, 2011 Durban Platform, 2011
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