Goal 7 Of The United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change

The climate change impacts of greenhouse gases threaten the economic development and environmental quality. These threats indicate that all nations regardless their economic growth should work collaboratively to reduce the emission to a certain level. Hare et al. (2011) argued that “climate change is a collective action problem” thus requires a global coordination from all countries. This indicates that actions from several countries would never be sufficient to address the climate change problem. If a global target to limit warming to 2°C or below is about to achieve (UNFCCC 2010, p.4) a broad range of participation is required (Hare et al., 2011). However, the increasing complexity of negotiation processes is inevitable. Each country will pursue its own interests during the

To make a substantive and significant deal on climate change, there is a need to integrate various parties that focus on the issue. United Nations (UN) is one of the leading parties in the world that make fundamental and major deals on climate change. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN’s arm that carries out climate change negotiations. The UNFCCC is committed to a decarbonized the world through its commitment to 40-70% reductions in carbon emissions by 2050 (UNFCCC, 2014). However, this can only be achieved if all countries phase out fossil fuels and rapidly scale up the usage of

When evaluating if a target is measurable, one would have to assess the magnitude of effort of each desired action. Therefore, looking at target 13.1, which focuses on creating a type of defense mechanism for countries vulnerable to climate related hazards and natural disasters, one would first consider how large the number is of geographical areas that are in need of resilience and adaptation. Nowadays, due to technological advances and an exponential improvement in the engineering of man-made structures and shelters, most first world countries do not experience much of an encumbrance from climate change. This narrows down our number and allows the UNFCCC to focus mainly on developing countries which leaves our target potentially achievable. After taking measures, one can gauge if the desired target is accomplished by observing statistics such as the heaviness in the number of casualties or the amount of wreckage subsequent to a climate related hazard and/or natural disaster occurs. With that said, one can argue that this target (13.1) is in fact measurable. The following target (13.2) requires governments to implement so changes in its national policy. This can be done if no measures conflict with its current goals. Citizens would have to comply with these measures which may result to a decrease in climate change thus leading to less hazards and natural disasters. This target is thus also measurable as it is visible if it leads to the accomplishment of our objective.

Most developing countries focus on performing as many actions as possible with the purpose of achieving economic growth. However, climate change brought on a whole new agenda, one that is meant to influence these respective actors to invest lesser resources in trying to achieve economic growth and more resources in trying to combat climate change. Developing countries have significant energy needs and First-world countries now need to support underprivileged communities by

Climate change is perceived as a critical problem or external shock for many sociotechnical systems. This problem forces response from the system to adapt, which leads to resilience (maintaining the status quo),

Prior to the Paris Agreement, participating countries have submitted national plans that addressed their intentions for combatting the climate change after 2020 (Dimitrov 2016). These nationally determined contributions outlined a number of issues – all being relevant to adapting and coping with climate change challenge. Although these contributions are not final, they are representative of the intended climate actions that countries will pursue after 2020.

It considers threats and impacts associated with climate change could be reduced and handled through mitigation and adaptation. The report evaluates resilience, choices, opportunities, constraints, needs, limits, as well as other features connected with adaptation. Climate change requires shifting probabilities of impacts that are varied with complicated interactions. A focus on danger, which will be not old in this report, complements other aspects of the report and supports decision. Societies and individuals may view or rate possible gains and hazards otherwise, given aims and varied values. All-inclusive evaluation has been eased by increased works across a more comprehensive group of issues and sectors, with increased coverage of the ocean, variation, as well as human systems. (IPCC, 2014)

The Paris Agreement (Accord de Paris) is an agreement with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that helps unify nations in the agreement in an effort to reduce each nation’s carbon emissions and to keep global temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius. In addition, there is an emphasis of countries working together to bring change: according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, developing countries will receive help from developed countries with support of finance, recovery of loss and damages, and adaptation. In terms of finance, developing countries will receive funding to build projects and advance adaptive technologies to bring a “climate-resilient futures” (bigpicture.unfccc.int). The agreement states parties shall help countries that has received damage from the effects of global warming. In addition, parties are expected to have a plan to help adapt to the climate change, be willing to cooperate with other parties, and be transparent with their plans. Further with the

The Republic of South Africa signed the Kyoto Protocol under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 31 July, 2002 as a non-annex I party. Therefore, South Africa, like all other developing countries has not been allocated specific targets to commit to under the protocol. At the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) negotiations that took place in Copenhagen in 2009 (UNFCC, 2009), South Africa took the responsibility to carry out mitigation actions to reduce their emissions 34% by the year 2020, and 42% by the year 2025, below the business as usual trajectory (Voster, Winkler and Meagan, 2011 p.243). However, this pledge is subject to the provision and assistance of adequate, capacity building, financial and technological support from other developed countries.

“Doubling the share of renewable energy by 2030 could deliver around half of the required emissions reductions…,” the author of REthinking Energy 2015, a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) ahead of the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) where a new agreement is to be signed about climate change at Paris summit in December 2015. In addition, the report points out that renewable energy is countries’ essential tool not only to fulfil climate change mitigation objectives but also to incite economic growth. In fact, I belief that renewable energy is the pledge that each nation must take to avoid potential harms of ecosystems. In brief, my research concerns the renewable energy resources and their integration with power grids.

In response to the threat climate change poses, the Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty adopted by the UNFCC in the year 1997, which entered into force in 2005 [3]. In particular, the protocol hopes to legally compel ratifying and industrialized countries into lowering global warming through the reduction of six greenhouse gases that affect it. Quantifiable targets included reducing collective emissions by 5.2% compared to 1990 levels, with each country having a “common, but differentiated” responsibility that was based on their contribution to global emissions (see Appendix A) [3]. Each country’s target had to be met with either national measures or the following three flexibility mechanisms that would

The Paris climate conference was held in December and 195 countries participated in an agreement pertaining to climate change. This agreement is global and is expected to be put into plan in 2020. The main goal of this conference was to develop a plan to have countries participate in trying to bring global warming down to 2°C (European Commission, 2016). Like every other agreement that has had an impact on the world’s decisions there is both supporters and critics which results in the pros and cons of the development of the plan. There are justifiably arguments on each side and there is no right answer until the plan goes into full effect in 2020. Therefore, the issue of climate change is not going anywhere anytime soon.

The establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has made efforts to address the effects of climate change. The goal of this convention to facilitate international efforts discuss commitments to mitigation greenhouse gas emissions within industrialized and developing countries through annual COPS. Throughout the years, the UNFCCC has reached many negotiations that have both positive and negative outcomes.

for the industrialized countries listed in Annex I of the Convention to reduce their greenhouse

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