GEOL 150Lg Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Flexible Mechanisms, Ipcc Third Assessment Report, Joint Implementation
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The irst step: wmo and unep established the ipcc in 1988. First report in 1990: shocking" conclusions prompted the unfccc (un framework convenion on climate change) To stabilize ghg emissions to 1990 levels by 2000. Considered to be a safe" level that would avoid signiicant damage to the global environment and changes already underway would be slow enough" to allow ecosystems to adapt to change. Widespread internaional concern about the economic implicaions of this goal. Immediate batles lines drawn between the eu and us (
