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UNFCCC | |
KYOTO PROTOCOL (KP): COP-3 | |
CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE | |
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (PCC) | |
NATIONAL GREEN HOUSE GAS INVENTORIES PROGRAMME (NGGIP) | |
GREEN ECONOMY |
KP is made up of:
So, two things make KP tick
The objectives of Kyoto mechanisms:
Joint Implementation
Clean Development mechanism:
Example:
Carbon Trading:
The name given to the exchange of emission permits. This exchange may take place within the economy or may take the form of international transaction.
Two types of Carbon trading
Non-Compliance of Kyoto And Penalties
BALI MEET
Bali Road Map includes
Bali Action Plan (BAP)
COP 15 COPENHAGEN SUMMIT- The summit concluded with the CoP taking a note of Copenhagen Accord (a five-nation accord- BASIC and US).
COP 16 CANCUN SUMMIT
MECHANISM OF COP 16
COP 17 DURBAN SUMMIT
India had gone to Durban with two major demands that the principle of equity remain intact in any new climate regime and that this new global deal is launched after 2020.
Outcome
Equity finds place back in future climate talks
REDD & REDD
THE GEF (Global Environment Facility)
To function under the guidance of the UNFCCC COP and be accountable to the COP established in 1991 by the world Bank in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to provide funding to protect the global environment
The GEF now has six focal areas:
Key AR5 cross-cutting themes will be:
Three priorities in transition of economy to green economy are
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