Transcript Kyoto Protocol - The Ecclesbourne School Online

International and
National Climate Change
Policies
By Danni Treanor
and Jenny Bryce
This is
not Bart
Over 160
June 1992
countries
Rio de Janeiro
Agenda 21
Reducing
impact of
industry
Appropriate
handling of
chemical and
toxic wastes
Agenda 21 logo
Random
Japanese
things
Silly monkey
man
Good…ish
Kyoto
Protocol
Japan 1997
Hehe
Silly dopey man
BAD
Carbon Credits
In own
country
Pay to reduce
emissions
In other
countries
ARGH!
Climate change!
Pay fine
Buy carbon credits
Exceed
CO2 limit
Don’t exceed
Sell carbon credits
Anthropogenic
interference
Developed
countries
must reduce
emissions
“Common but differentiated responsibilities”
Developing countries
are exempt
Enforcement
Countries are
required to make up
the difference plus
an additional 30%
Support for Kyoto
Carbon dioxide is
heating up the earth
Opposition to Kyoto
Because their
emissions were
so bad in 1990,
the former
Soviet Union
has little
reducing to do
Japan already had
low emissions in
Arguments 1990 so has a
that Kyoto difficult task
does little to
“curb” global
Per capita emission
warming
targets could be a
better measure
Major countries
opposed to Kyoto
Labour played a big
role in the Kyoto
agreement
Increased
recycling
National policy
Cleaner vehicles
The Government
cleaned up
beaches
The End
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