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Implementing Current environmental agreements and goals i.e. The Copenhagen Accord . The Issue. The lack of implementation and prolonged enforcement of previously agreed upon environmental measures Sustainable methods to reduce climate change
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Implementing Current environmental agreements and goals i.e. The Copenhagen Accord
The Issue • The lack of implementation and prolonged enforcement of previously agreed upon environmental measures • Sustainable methods to reduce climate change • Lack of compliance or real progress towards environmental goals • Involvement and liability of both Developed and Developing Nations
Major Environmental Agreements • Kyoto Protocol -- Annex 1 Countries to cut, maintain, or raise emissions by assigned percentage of 1990 emissions -- Next compliance evaluation date- 2012 • Copenhagen Accord --Cutting emissions of developed nations --Curbing emissions of developing nations --dedicating US $3billion to cause of aiding developing nations in environmentally friendly development
Key Players (NGOs) • UNFCCC- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change • IPCC- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • UNEP- United Nations Environmental Programme • UNDP- United Nations Development Project
Things to Focus On • Plans that require action within previous agreements i.e. Kyoto Protocol • Issue of compliance to monitoring of emissions • Plans of action addressing not only emissions cuts by developed nations, but also environmentally friendly development of developing countries
Sources -http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/74&format=HTML&aged=1&language=EN&guiLanguage=en -http://www.ipcc.ch/activities/activities.htm -https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-c.html -http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html -http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/compliance/items/2875.php -http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=404 -http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/ -http://www.unicef.org/supply/index_46238.html -http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/w3613e/w3613e00.HTM -http://www.wfp.org/our-work -http://www.unwater.org/statistics.html -http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Default.aspx