Geography 1500F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Law Of Obligations, Reducing Emissions From Deforestation And Forest Degradation, Climate Justice
17 Dec 2016
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Governance challenges: needs cooperation but no one wants to make the first move. Leakage - a change in rules in one location changes the actions in another location (no rules) Example: amazon case study - brazil soy production, traders made a commitment to not buy soy grown on deforested lands argentina increased production: competing interests between countries and sectors, imbalances of power. Many of those affected by climate change have little representation or influence. Mitigation efforts to reduce climate change and its impacts. Adaptation efforts to prepare for the effects of climate change. Who negotiates over climate change commitments: united nations framework convention on climate change, conference of the parties. Countries have unequal delegation sizes (sending larger groups: significance: more people to go to more debates, and can go to more meetings. Shift over time in which government departments are represented: more non-state actors over time.
