...ctively define the direction of climate change policy over the next few decades. Photo Illustration by Anne Park International efforts to curb global warming have been attempted before but have been largely unsuccessful. The Kyoto Protocol, formed in 1997, required all developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emission levels by 5.2% from 1990 levels. The protocol, however, was hampered by the fact that climate change had still not been...
...t-industrial economies backed by a projectable defensive and offensive military power. In particular, the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, see international environmental legislation as development-limiters; the Kyoto and Copenhagen summits’ limited successes prove this. Be that as it may, almost all developed nations are built on hydrocarbons and uranium. Moreover, should one of them move to a green economy — an estimated 30-...
...to terrorism has been support for globalization.” He repeatedly described the post-September 11 world as representing a “skewed form of globalization,” one that “doesn’t include support for an international court of law, the Kyoto accord, or an equitable division of resources among the world’s peoples and countries.” The counter-summit drew about 1,200 people. Interestingly, despite the Lerner Hall venue, few Columbia students attended the summi...
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