GEOL 150Lg Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Contract, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Summit
Document Summary
The united naions climate summit 21st conference of paries (cop21) First cop took place in berlin in 1995. Most famous was the third that resulted in 1997 kyoto protocol to limit ghg emissions. The last cop in copenhagen didn"t really do shit. Once global warming passes that threshold, the earth"s land, food and. The 2014 ipcc said the planet has already warmed by . 85 from 1880 to 2012 and could water supply would be harmed, endangering the planet"s populaion increase between 1. 5 to 4 by the end of the century. Obama pledged to reduce the u. s. ghg emissions by 26% by 2030. China and us combined are responsible for nearly half the world"s carbon emissions. The european union agreed to cut carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. The republican-led congress wants to block the promises obama has made. The house will vote this week to repeal the rules by the epa to cut carbon emissions from power plants.
