SCI1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Certified Emission Reduction, Afforestation, Clean Development Mechanism
3 Oct 2018
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Puts the onus on developed countries to lead the way: developed countries were expected by the year 2000 to reduce emissions to 1990 levels . Directs funding to climate change activities in developing countries monitors the situation. Parties to the unfccc: the convention divides countries into groups according to differing commitments, annex i parties: include the industrialized countries that were members of the oecd (organisation for. Economic cooperation and development) in 1992: plus countries with economies in transition (the eit parties), including the russian. Federation, the baltic states, and several central and eastern european states. What is the kyoto protocol: an international agreement linked to the unfccc. Japan, on 11 december 1997 and entered into force on 16 february 2005. Sets binding targets for industrialized countries for reducing greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions (by an average of 5% of 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012).
