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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)"”.
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US energy policy and its position in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations: a theory-guided historical analysis
The multilateral negotiations aimed at securing international cooperation on climate change and its mitigation have widely been criticised as a political deadlock since the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. Since the formation of the …
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Risk Perceptions of Climate Change in International Environmental Negotiations
Climate change poses an unprecedented risk to global human security and future generations. Yet actions to mitigate or adapt to the changing climate system vary greatly among countries and their constituencies. Despite mounting evidence detailing the economic, social, and ecological risks of …
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Are Countries in Environmental Cooperation Concerned About Relative Gains?
<p>A country’s decision to join or withdraw from environmental cooperation has been argued by interest based theories to be influenced by the economic cost of international agreements, national interest of countries and the free-rider problem. However, this thesis argues that relative gains is a …
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An analysis of States’ obligations towards climate displaced persons under the African Human Rights System
Climate change poses the most menacing threat to the environment today. The effects of climate change are experienced globally, and Africa in particular is one of the most vulnerable regions. One of the main consequences of changes in climate is the displacement of populations, mostly internally. …
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Geologic carbon dioxide sequestration from the Mexican oil industry : an action plan
Climate change has become an important focus of international environmental negotiations. In response, global energy corporations have been looking for practical ways of reducing their industrial carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions. Capturing massive quantities of CO₂ from flue gases (at large …
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Towards the design of a reflexive regulatory framework to "Reduce and control emissions from land deforestation and degradation and enhancing carbon stocks" (REDD+): a perspective from select developing countries
REDD+ has emerged as one of the governance approaches to address climate change. It calls for developing countries to take part in a second commitment period for a post-2020 climate change regime under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and outside …
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The Commodification of Nature: Power/Knowledge and REDD+ in Costa Rica
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is a global carbon trading program intent on mitigating or reversing carbon emissions from forestry in the global south. REDD+ was negotiated at the 2005 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is …
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Frontlines of crisis, forefront of change : climate justice as an intervention into (neo)colonial climate action narratives and practices
… youth, and the global poor, all face disproportionate impacts from climate change, a fact captured in the adage "the least responsible are most vulnerable." Recognising the Global North as the instigators and benefactors of a carbon economy built on the continuing oppression and exploitation of …
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Evaluating temperature and precipitation extremes under 1.5°C and 2.0°C warming above pre-industrial levels: Botswana case study
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) noted the need and therefore requested further quantitative research to better inform policy on the potential impacts of further warming to 1.5 and 2.0 °C above preindustrial levels. Climate extremes are expected to become more …
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Green Bonds as a more effective way of capitalizing the South African National Green Fund
Greenhouse gas emissions are said to be on a very dangerous trajectory and the debate around man's industrial activity being the key cause of climate change seem to be receding. Governments around the world are mostly in agreement that something urgent needs to be done but the big question that …
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Taking responsibility for climate knowledge in a warming world: Exploring responsibility assembled in and around the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
This thesis interrogates what it means for expert climate knowledge holders to take responsibility for what they know in a warming world. ‘Responsibility’ in the context of climate change is often invoked around historical responsibility for emissions and cause-effect relations. However, conceptual …
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Assisting Africa: a critical analysis of technical assistance in low carbon development practice
Climate change mitigation efforts are increasingly forming part of the agendas of African nations, particularly since the inclusion of voluntary targets for these countries within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement of 2015. This focus towards the …
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Redução de gases de efeito estufa na agroindústria canavieira brasileira: discussão do instrumento crédito de carbono à luz da economia de baixo carbono
A problemática dessa dissertação se insere no contexto da questão ambiental global, da contraditória relação de dominação do homem frente à natureza. Em função da crescente deteriorização das condições de vida no Planeta várias iniciativas começaram a surgir, a partir dos anos 1970, como o …
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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) : analysing the financial viability of potential CDM projects, and assessing associated sustainable development impacts for South Africa
A growing concern regarding the limitation inherent in the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for encouraging prompt global action on climate change has been key in vitalising climate change negotiations. The UNFCCC process has triggered further negotiations and …
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The distribution of rights and responsibilities under international climate change law: an examination of the equity approach advanced by African states
Mapping global climate change negotiations from 1992 to 2015, this thesis set out to examine how African states have sought to interpret the principle of equity within international climate change negotiations and the extent to which climate change treaties, from the United Nations Framework …
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A critical assessment of Nigeria's Climate Change Law
Climate change refers to the significant variation or variability in climate that has persisted and measured over a period of time. It has been identified as one of the greatest threats facing the planet today. These variations are caused majorly by anthropogenic factors such as the emission of …
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Pilot-Scale Evaluation Of Advanced Solvents For CO2 Capture From Coal-Fired Utilities
<p>In 1992, international concern about climate change (a change to Earth's climate, especially those produced by global warming) led to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The ultimate objective of that convention was the "stabilization of greenhouse gas …
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Establishing relevant and high quality domestic MRV systems to support effective climate action
The adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or Convention) at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit marked a decisive global turning point in the fight against anthropogenic climate change. The ultimate objective of the Convention is to stabilize greenhouse gas …
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Trends and inferred emissions of atmospheric high molecular weight perfluorocarbons
Atmospheric observations and atmospheric observation-based global emission estimates are presented for the five high molecular weight perfluorocarbons (PFCs): decafluorobutane (C 4 F 1 0 ), dodecafluoropentane (C5 F1 2 ), tetradecafluorohexane (C 6 F14 ), hexadecafluoroheptane (C 7F 16 ) and …
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Climate change education in Tongan secondary schools
Children are among the most vulnerable groups to the adverse impacts of climate change. They can be psychologically disturbed and rendered powerless by the magnitude of its impacts. Tonga and its island groups are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and these impacts affect the …
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