UNFCCC or FCCC is an international environmental treaty negotiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)‚ informally known as the Earth Summit‚ held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. The objective of the treaty is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system". As of 2013‚ the UNFCC has 195 parties including all United Nations member states
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Every year‚ almost 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere by human activity (“How do we contribute individually to global warming.” Global Warming: 2006. Web.12 Oct. 2011). That is the equivalent of 107‚700‚000 jet airplanes being in the air at once! This harrowing figure is the main cause of global warming‚ and has been increasing for the last 50 years. Global warming is caused by the increase of greenhouse gases‚ carbon dioxide and methane primarily‚ in the earth ’s upper
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of fossil fuels caused the rise in the release of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases include “Carbon dioxide (CO2)”‚ “Methane (CH4)”‚ “Nitrous oxide (N2O)”‚ “Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)”‚ “Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)” and “Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)”(KYOTO PROTOCOL‚ 1997‚ Annex A). The major element of greenhouse gases is the carbon dioxide. The fact is the carbon dioxide which is formed during the process of burning fossil fuels holds the sun’s heat in the atmosphere‚ so the temperature of earth’s surface
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Global tragedy of commons Occurs when polluting a resource‚ like most parts of the environment‚ brings private benefits to the country that pollutes but ultimately has adverse global consequences (for all countries) irrespective of where the pollution originates. The term Global Commons refers to the earth’s unowned natural resources‚ such as the oceans‚ Earth’s atmosphere‚ and outer space. Common resources are overexploited because no person or institution has the motivation and/or responsibility
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1) What is global warming? (History) Definition: Global warming is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of Earth’s climate system. Common sense:Glaciers are melting‚ sea levels are rising‚ cloud forests are drying‚ and wildlife is scrambling to keep pace. It’s becoming clear that humans have caused most of the past century’s warming by releasing heat-trapping gases as we power our modern lives. Called greenhouse gases‚ their levels are higher now than
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The Kyoto Protocol is the agreement to lower greenhouse gases by 5 percent in 50 years and was compared to the level in 1990. Kyoto agreement for Carbon trading from country to country causes to lessen the chance of acid rain and sulfur dioxide levels. With this plan; 126 countries have accepted the Kyoto Protocol except for the US‚ because according to the government; it’s going to cost them a lot to clean up CO2. Four countries‚ including the US has not yet accepted Kyoto Protocol because they
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warming policies. Greenhouse gases are the cause of the greenhouse effect on our earth‚ which leads to the warming of the earth’s surface over time‚ also know as global warming. Scientists are trying to slow down this process‚ and‚ “in February the Kyoto Protocol to reduce global warming took effect‚ requiring participating countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to below 1990 levels over a five-year
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regarding the Kyoto protocol. The Kyoto protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC)‚ aimed at fighting global warming. The FCCC is an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” The protocol was initially adopted on 11 December 1997 in Kyoto‚ Japan and entered
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carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period. The process by which carbon sinks remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is known as carbon sequestration. Public awareness of the significance of CO2 sinks has grown since passage of the Kyoto Protocol‚ which promotes their use as a form of carbon offset. The main natural sinks are: Absorption of carbon dioxide by the oceans via physicochemical and biological processes Photosynthesis by terrestrial plants Natural sinks are typically much
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