Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Cham, Switzerland
Physical Description:
198p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41571
Legacy PEIN ID:
81660
General Notes
Open Access and available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Environment
Climate Change
Climate Change Management and Policy
Energy Economics
Abstract
On 11 November 2014, a remarkable event occurred. President Barack Obama of the United States and President Xi Jinping of China announced a bilateral agreement to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that cause global warming by their respective nations. On 12 December 2015, a year and a month later, representatives of 195 countries attending the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Paris, France, announced the Paris Climate Agreement. The goal of the Paris Climate Agreement is to limit the future emission of GHGs such that the rise in global mean surface temperature will be no more than 1.5 °C (target) or 2.0 °C (upper limit) above the pre-industrial level. The Paris Climate Agreement utilizes an approach for reducing the emissions of GHGs that is distinctly different than earlier efforts. The approach for Paris consists of a series of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), submitted by the worlds nations, reflecting either a firm commitment (unconditional INDCs) or a plan contingent on financial and/or technological support (conditional INDCs). The ObamaXi announcement was instrumental in the framing of the Paris Climate Agreement. The INDCs submitted by the USA and China were built closely upon the November 2014 bilateral announcement. China and the USA rank number one and two, respectively, in terms of national emission of GHGs. Practically speaking, unified global action to combat global warming required these two nations to get on the same page.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Cham, Switzerland
Physical Description:
198p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41571
Legacy PEIN ID:
81660
General Notes
Open Access and available online
Record Created: 21-Feb-2018
Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020