Kyoto Protocol

For a long time, America had firmly hold their leadership role in automotive production market and only shared the position with Germany and Japan after the World War 2. Despite the unstable condition of the world economy and politics, there is still room for this industry to develop but at the same time, there are issues related to the market-share, environment and new technologies that the automakers and U.S Government are facing. With the raising of Chinese economy, the U.S like other…

earthquake disaster and the Indonesian tsunami of 2004, to provide emergency and humanitarian relief. Furthermore, environmental NGO’s, including Greenpeace, the World Wide Fund for Nature, and Friends of Earth, were key to the enactment of the Kyoto Protocol by the United Nations in 1997. The goal of the treaty was to limit the emission of greenhouse gasses by developed nations (Kim,…

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act - Implemented in 1918, the MBTA prohibits killing, hunting, capturing, and selling of any migratory bird. It was established as a response to the near - extinction or extinction of a number of bird species. Over 800 birds are currently on the list between the U.S., Mexico, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia. If found guilty of this wrongdoing, fines for violation are given, and furthermore can be charged with a felony, depending on the situation. Atomic Energy Act -…

Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC). Thus, the UN can observe and regulate the process in dealing with climate change and also find the measures in reducing greenhouse gas emissions all over the world. As for this, I found out that there is The Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty, which is interested in minimizing greenhouse gas emissions and its main purpose is to prevent the world from global warming as man-made carbon dioxide emissions have caused it. The Protocol’s first commitment…

Global warming is an increase in the Earth's average temperature due to emissions of pollutants and accumulation of greenhouse gases which could completely change climate zone patterns. This then affects Climate change. Climate change is a change in the Earth’s climate patterns and could negatively or positively affect regions such as Africa. This will result in increased or decreased rainfall, winds, snow, and other weather occurrences. This essay discusses the effects of climate change on…

Al Gore is the acclaimed winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and was the runner-up for Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” in 2007 1. He has received international recognition for his involvement in politics, business, and environmental activism. He was the vice president under Bill Clinton from 1993-2001, the Democratic nominee for the 2000 Presidential Election, a member of the board of directors at Apple, and a senior advisor to Google2. He has taught at…

Introduction Ozone depletion has been regarded as one of the global environmental issues for several decades. It is defined by Martens (1) as the situation that the amount of stratosphere ozone layer is decreasing and being damaged. The major reason is that the ozone in the stratosphere protects us from the harmful ultraviolet radiation and absorbs heat from the infra-red radiation. Reducing the amount of ozone probably causes irreversible and permanent damages to human and environment,…

Climate change is defined as a long-term change in the global climate, specifically increasing average atmospheric temperature (Dictionary). In reality, it is not just an increase in temperature, climate change is rising sea levels, habitat loss, water contamination, loss of biological diversity, and so much more. In the past, climate change was a controversial debate topic, now, it is a widely accepted, inevitable fact (Think Again). Evidence for climate change became prevalent in the 1890’s,…

Finally, many countries, make reaching a comprehensive international climate change agreement difficult by taking on defensive attitudes rather than constructive ones regarding the degree of responsibility they have in global warming in comparison to other states. This, is a determining factor in how much they believe they should need to make changes and contribute to reducing their emissions. In her article: “Negotiating challenges and climate change”, Joyeeta Gupta uses negotiation theory to…

is important because it eliminates any skepticism and effectively demonstrates credibility by asserting his knowledge of global warming. Al Gore establishes credibility by his extensive career in politics. His involvement in the senate and the Kyoto protocol. First-hand experience by traveling with scientist to different regions as Antarctica, the North Pole, and South Pole. Shows pictures, clips shows, his black and white presidential campaign. Logos which is the audience`s logic and common…