The United Nations Climate Convention: Unattainable or Irrelevant

EHPnet: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international response to our planet's changing climate. Serving as a means through which governments have opted to deal with the threat of global warming, the UNFCCC was adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The ultimate objective of the convention is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the UN, r a...

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THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL The United Nations Convention on Climate Change

Solar home systems are an excellent fit for the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol because they directly displace greenhouse gas emissions while contributing to sustainable rural development. Selling emission reduction credits under the CDM could provide additional revenues for SHSs. However, high transaction costs related to CDM procedures might prevent SHSs from benefiting f...

Thailand’s Initial National Communication under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Submission by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

The world's soils hold more organic carbon than that held by the atmosphere as CO2 and vegetation, yet the role of the soil in capturing and storing carbon dioxide is often one missing information layer in taking into consideration the importance of the land in mitigating climate change. Extraordinary demands are being placed on agricultural systems to produce food, fiber and energy and yet the...