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will triple again by 2050. It's a large emissions source that is essentially unregulated and growing quickly. In the late 1990s, international negotiators considered airline emissions such a hot-button issue that they left aviation out of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol’s targets for reduction of each nation’s greenhouse gases. They gave the job of developing a plan to the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ICAO has struggled for years with this task, causing frustration…

Lasting a little longer than a century (c. 1467 – c. 1573), the Sengoku period was a very important and well-known stage in the history of Medieval Japan, as it marked the beginning of when Japan became reunified. Also known as the Warring States period, this time period was marked by conspiracy involving the political system, conflict inside the Japanese military and commotion within the Japanese society. During the Sengoku period, a number of battles, wars, invasions and other disastrous…

government policies of taxation are ineffective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He begins by discussing the failure of the Canadian government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by six percent between 1990 and 2012, as promised during the 1997 Kyoto protocol. At the time this article was written, with policies of tax giveaways and subsidies failing, the Liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff promised a system of carbon taxation if elected. According to Minz, this is an ineffective…

Climate change is a controversial subject around the world. Most scientists agree that climate change is human-caused, and that the effects of climate change can already be seen today. Research suggests that we must act now or face severe consequences in the future. Before climate change can be discussed, it is important to understand what a climate is and how it differs from weather. Many people may use the two terms interchangeably, and while the two words are related, they are not the same.…

Crimes Against Nature by Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy is an informative book that unearths the atrocities committed by the Bush administration in the early 2000’s and how, due to donations and appeals by corporate cronies, they bought and corrupted the political and scientific spheres of America so that massive energy corporations could rake in larger profits. Kennedy’s narratives take place during the years of George W. Bush’s first term as President from 2000 to 2003. However, Kennedy often…

able to collect revenue from its people. Three cities thrived during the Tokugawa period: Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka. “Edo boasted over a million people by 1700, half of whom were the bureaucratic samurai: this made it, potentially, the largest city in the world at the time. The tax money collected by the daimyo and the Tokugawa regime fueled Edo’s economy.” (Langrill) In addition to Edo, both Osaka and Kyoto had between three and four hundred thousand inhabitants at one time; while dwarfed by Edo,…

analysis of my musical identity based on my life. In order to make it clear, my life is divided into four parts: from kindergarten to elementary school, junior high school, and high school. Then analysis will be given after each block. I was born in Kyoto, Japan.…

In the world of printmaking, the relief print is the most well known and commonly used form throughout the centuries. In relief printmaking, the parts of the printing surface that carry ink are raised while the remaining areas are cut away. The oldest kind of relief prints are woodcuts, where a (smooth) block of wood is used as the medium. Woodcut does not offers very little in the way of color, so most artists have to work in black and white only. If an artist wants to add color, he/she needs…

In science there are many controversial topics but I feel like the most controversial topic is climate change. Scientists say that humans are causing the climate to change drastically but Overall it isn't that bad. The controversial topics are what causes climate change, what can be done to prevent climate change, and the consequences of climate change. The causes of climate change are said to be greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, and the burning of fossil fuel and oils. The truth is that…

When I applied for the program, it was due to the recommendation and encouragement by my superiors. At that moment, I had no idea on what was IATSS Forum. I learnt from the brochure and the website that it was about Leadership Program. As I was still new to my managerial position at the company with two years’ experience, we thought that this program will be a good foundation to build my managerial skills and capabilities. Next, was the application, screening, and the interview process.…