“Since, the 1980's, changes in the Earth’s climate have attracted increasing attention both in academia and among the public at large. There remains now little doubt that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the average surface temperature of the planet are rising. Economic and social effects of rising temperatures are likely to be negative on balance and catastrophic in some regions. A growing body of scientific evidence supports the claim that these climate changes are induced by human activity, particularly by the burning of fossil fuels.
With the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, an international process was set in motion which led to the drafting of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. In this Protocol, a number of countries commit themselves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to an aggregate level below the baseline of 1990. Commitments apply to countries listed in an annex to the Protocol, the so-called Annex I countries. These make up the industrialized world, i.e. the members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and countries in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Reductions are to be achieved for the First Commitment Period covering the years 2008-12.”
Bartsch, Ulrich, and Benito Muller. Fossil Fuel in a changing climate: Impacts of Kyoto Protocol and Developing Country Participation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
With the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, an international process was set in motion which led to the drafting of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. In this Protocol, a number of countries commit themselves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to an aggregate level below the baseline of 1990. Commitments apply to countries listed in an annex to the Protocol, the so-called Annex I countries. These make up the industrialized world, i.e. the members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and countries in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Reductions are to be achieved for the First Commitment Period covering the years 2008-12.”
Bartsch, Ulrich, and Benito Muller. Fossil Fuel in a changing climate: Impacts of Kyoto Protocol and Developing Country Participation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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