Addressing+climate+change+in+the+context+of+national+sustainable+development+strategies

**Addressing climate change in the context of national sustainable development strategies**
It is evident that economic growth, human wellbeing and a clean environment have gone hand-in-hand for the last two centuries. Fears were finally raised in the scientific community during the 1980s that human emissions of greenhouse gases were causing global warming. As a result, policymakers established an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to evaluate the evidence. Ministers from around the world met in Rio de Janeiro years later, where they agreed a Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). (“UN Framework Convention on Climate Change”)At the third Conference of the Parties to the FCCC in 1997, Ministers met in Kyoto and agreed upon a protocol named the “Kyoto Protocol” that would establish targets and timetables for restricting emissions of greenhouse gases. Climate change poses a grave threat, with a range of devastating consequences for humanity such as floods, droughts, storms, heat waves and cold spells. Climate change will also have a variety of incontrovertible environmental effects, including desertification and the loss of biodiversity. Changes in the climate will have negative economic consequences, caused by a combination of: changes in agricultural production, droughts and water scarcity, movement of pests, and other ecological factors.

Here are some helpful websites that can get you started on your country and topic research for resolution :) http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_13/application/pdf/cp_bali_action.pdf http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/Be/Berlin+Mandate.html http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/envronmt/climate/index.htm http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9912-timeline-climate-change.html?full=true http://www.undp.org/energyandenvironment/ http://www.grinningplanet.com/2007/01-02/global-warming-vs-climate-change.htm http://www.alternativechannel.tv/blog/en/comments/social_political_sustainability_the_human_element/ http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/climate_change/climate_change.htm http://en.cop15.dk/climate+facts/players/un+framework+convention+on+climate+change+(unfccc) http://www.unep.org/themes/climatechange/whatis/index.asp http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/ysl1.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/science/earth/19epa.html?_r=1&hp http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/uploadedFiles/Climate%20Change%20101,%20Technological%20Solutions.pdf http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=combating-climate-change-farming-forestry http://hempglobalsolutions.com/climatechange.php http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/climate-scientists-its-time-for-plan-b-1221092.html

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