The Policy of Climate Change
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The challenge to regulate climate change is substantial, requiring an increase in carbon productivity more than three times faster than the increase in labor productivity that occurred during the industrial revolution:
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Because climate change is a global problem, the United Nations has taken the lead in bringing countries together to coordinate humanity’s response to climate change. Every developed country ratified the Kyoto Protocol, with the sole exception of the United States of America. This protocol sets legally binding targets for developed countries' emission reductions over the period from 2008 to 2012.
All countries are working towards a new international agreement to coordinate emission reductions from 2012 to 2020. It is hoped that this new deal will be reached at Copenhagen in December 2009. For more information on the Copenhagen Conference please click the link below:
National efforts
In many cases, individual countries have set themselves ambitious emission reduction targets for 2020 and 2050. These include: |
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