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18 September 2018
A central weakness of the Paris Agreement on climate change is the absence of sanctions against recalcitrant countries. Border carbon adjustments could be the world’s best hope to strong-arm the US into action. Leading trade experts are increasingly of the view that tariffs to account for traded...
31 May 2018
Emissions of trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), a potent greenhouse gas banned by the Montreal Protocol for its ozone-depleting properties, have seen an unexpected increase by 25 percent since 2012, according to a recent study published in the scientific journal Nature. While the researchers were...
2 May 2018
The April 13 agreement on greenhouse gases at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) creates a window of opportunity. “It’s about time,” some might say. The targets for reducing emissions are apparently ambitious but what precisely have the IMO members agreed to do? Is it realistic to expect...
7 December 2017
International agencies and farm leaders have welcomed the decision to launch a work programme on climate and agriculture, which was endorsed by governments at the annual conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) three weeks ago in Bonn, Germany. Language in the preamble...
1 November 2017
В 2016 г. концентрация углекислого газа (СО2) в атмосфере превысила показатель в 403 частей на миллион (403 ppm), что является самым высоким уровнем за 800 тыс. лет. Доклад с соответствующими данными был опубликован Всемирной метеорологической организацией (ВМО) 30 октября 2017 года. В докладе...
9 June 2017
Наряду с усилиями, направленными на решение проблем изменения климата и перехода к экологически чистой энергии, являющихся центральным фактором успеха Повестки дня в области устойчивого развития до 2030 года, в этой статье рассматривается, насколько правила торговли поддерживают цели новой Повестки...
