Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.)
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♦ Mission Statements:
*What we are experiencing in the degradation of the Earth, is a soul loss, a loss of meaning in life itself that calls for a recovery of a sense of the sacred. The Earth must be seen, not as a collection of objects for our use, but as a communion of subjects of which we are all a part. We are all part of a single community that will live or die together.
- Thomas Berry
*When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection—love is born. We want to be connected. That is the meaning of love, to be at one? You would do anything for the benefit of the Earth, and the Earth will do anything for your well-being.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
*Our practice is not to clear up the mystery. It is to make the mystery clear.
- Robert Aitken
Source/publisher:
Ecological Buddhism
Date of entry/update:
2016-11-28
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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Advancing the politics of small deeds....
"In this beautifully animated clip from Dirt! The Movie, Wangari Maathai tells an inspiring tale of doing the best you can under seemingly interminable odds. Join us at www.DirtTheMovie.org"
Wangari Maathai
Source/publisher:
www.DirtTheMovie.org
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-22
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Politics and Government - global and regional - general studies, strategies, theory, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.), Economy and social justice (global)
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English
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High-quality speakers and panels. From 2009. Some of the meetings have recorded webcasts available online.
Source/publisher:
Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Date of entry/update:
2015-08-06
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.), Forests and forest people - Alliances, support groups, conferences and other resources, International resources on land rights and tenure
Language:
English
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"Includes "Third World Resurgence" - some issues containing articles on climate change
Source/publisher:
Third World Network (TWN)
Date of entry/update:
2016-12-04
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Activism and Advocacy (groups from Burma, solidarity groups, campaigns, publications), Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.)
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English
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"WE, the Heads of State/Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of ASEAN, on the occasion of the 35 th ASEAN Summit;
RECALLING previous ASEAN Joint Statements on Climate Change and ASEAN Leaders’ Statements on Climate Change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the ASEAN Joint Statement to the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019;
NOTING that ASEAN Member States (AMS) have reaffirmed our commitment to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, in particular the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR-RC), in the light of different national circumstances, by:
Implementing measures to address climate change under the ASEAN SocioCultural Community (ASCC) Blueprint 2025, in alignment with the broader outcomes of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and national development priorities;
Promoting sustainable management of forests, including through the implementation of COP decisions on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries (REDD-Plus) under the guidance of the Warsaw Framework, as well as enhancing biodiversity conservation, protection, and restoration of various terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems;
Achieving 21.9% reduction in energy intensity compared to 2005 levels, exceeding the 2020 target set by the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2016 – 2025;
Launching the ASEAN Regional Strategy on Sustainable Land Transport, the ASEAN Fuel Economy Roadmap for the Transport Sector 2018 - 2025: with Focus on Light-Duty Vehicles, and the Guidelines for Sustainable Land Transport Indicators on Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in ASEAN;...."
Source/publisher:
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Jakarta) via Reliefweb (USA)
Date of publication:
2019-11-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-11-10
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Individual Documents
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ASEAN-Burma relations, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.), Climate Change - Migration Global
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As countries seek to fulfil their
responsibilities under the Paris
Agreement on Climate Change, many are
looking to develop national climate change
policies that set out their long-term vision
and provide a coherent response to climate
change across all levels and sectors.
The Government of Myanmar, having
previously sought IIED’s support to
develop a climate change strategy and
action plan, invited IIED to provide
technical expertise to develop a national
policy. Working with The Myanmar
Climate Change Alliance — an EU-funded,
government-led partnership involving
national government, local authorities,
development partners, civil society and
the private sector, implemented by UN
Environment and UN-Habitat — three
members of IIED’s global climate law,
policy and governance team travelled to
Myanmar in December 2016.
Extensive consultations had already
taken place to develop the national
climate change strategy and action plan,
so government officials had already
considered many of the issues and
identified priorities. Parallel work on a
National Environmental Policy and a
National Urban Policy provided
opportunities to coordinate and
harmonise efforts.
Some of the approaches used and lessons
from the project are highlighted below.
Consultation, consultation,
consultation
The initial December visit allowed the
team to understand the priorities and
expectations of different parts of the
government. This provided the basis for a
draft outline for the policy, which was
refined and developed through an
iterative process of consultation, review
and comment.
The team made a second visit in February
2017 when they presented a fleshed-out
version of the draft at a full-day workshop
with the Minister of Natural Resources
and Environmental Conservation,
regional ministers and officials, and
representatives from government partner
agencies, civil society and the media,
ensuring input from different sectors.
The team was particularly keen to
consult with government officials at the
regional level and received support from
the Director General of the
Environmental Conservation
Department to do this. Regional officials
would be responsible for much of the
policy implementation and would also
understand the realities on the ground.
This resulted in a more informed
approach for the team and helped ensure
understanding and support for the policy
at regional level. Following further review and comment,
the full policy text was presented at a
validation workshop with ministers and
other stakeholders in April 2017..."
Source/publisher:
iied
Date of publication:
2018-04-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-14
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Individual Documents
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Climate Change - Burma/Myanmar: general, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.), The impact of climate change on the environment of Burma/Myanmar
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English
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"The Government of Myanmar today announced its vision for the country’s environmental protection and climate action, launching two new policies that will guide Myanmar’s environmental management and climate change strategy.
Myanmar is widely considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change, and its renowned biodiversity and natural resources are under increasing pressure as the country develops. More intense and more frequent floods, cyclones and droughts have caused immense loss of life and damage to infrastructure and the economy.
President U Win Myint announced the two new policies – the National Environmental Policy and the Myanmar Climate Change Policy – at an event marking World Environment Day in the capital. More than 400 attended the announcement, including senior government officials from Union ministries, states and regions and representatives from civil society, academic institutions, businesses and the international community, including the acting UN Resident Coordinator and EU Ambassador.
Speaking at the launch, the President said, “I am greatly honored to launch these policies in this auspicious ceremony. I have no doubt that we have confidence to achieve sustainable and harmonious development which balances economic, social and environmental pillars. I would like to urge Myanmar citizens to participate for the current and future sustainable development of our country by changing your daily lifestyles in order to support environmental conservation. And, I also would like to urge you again to beat air pollution as an important part of Myanmar’s sustainable development to benefit our society as a whole.”
The new policies explicitly recognize the increasing threat of extreme weather and other climate change impacts to the country’s economic and social development and set out an ambition to transform Myanmar into a climate-resilient, low-carbon society that is sustainable, prosperous and inclusive.
They are a culmination of five years of work spearheaded by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) with support from UNDP and the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance, an effort funded by the European Union with technical support from UN Environment and UN-Habitat.
Kristian Schmidt, Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar, said “We Europeans have made a lot of mistakes in the past. We now see what we must change, and we are developing the policies and the technologies to do so. Today, we are no longer the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, we do not deny the science or the reality, and we are seeking binding international cooperation to address the urgency. I therefore hope our Myanmar partner will continue to see us as ambitious and reliable partners as humanity seeks to address what is probably the greatest risk ever posed to our survival and way of life."
Among the principles in the policies that will serve to guide government decisions on environmental management are goals to realize healthy and functioning ecosystems and sustainable economic and social development. The two new policies will allow the Government to integrate the environment across all its development planning, particularly in harmony with the recently adopted Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan 2018-2030.
Dechen Tsering, UN Environment’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, said, “With these new policies, Myanmar is now better equipped to pursue sustainable development and mobilize resources to address climate change. Myanmar enjoys natural abundance and realizing the country’s potential will mean protecting and managing its environment well. UN Environment will continue to support Myanmar in these efforts every step of the way.”
Peter Batchelor, Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme, said, “The future of Myanmar looks bright when we look at the vision for its environment and people that are provided by these important new policies. UNDP congratulates the Government of Myanmar for its continued commitment to a sustainable development agenda and is proud to have supported the development of the new National Environmental Policy. We will continue to help implement these new policies in partnership with the Government and other development partners.”
UN-Habitat Country Programme Manager, Bijay Karmacharya said, “With the climate change policy, strategy and sectoral master plans in place, it is now time for implementation. Myanmar is now ready for concerted actions to combat the challenges of climate change. To do this, climate action shall be mainstreamed in annual planning and budgeting of line ministries.”
Today’s announcement was made on the occasion of World Environment Day, the annual global celebration of our planet. Myanmar’s new policies support this year’s theme of #BeatAirPollution, which aims to spur action to reduce the airborne pollutants, many of which directly contribute to climate change, and which claim up to 7 million lives a year. Myanmar has not avoided this scourge. 62 per cent of child deaths from acute lower respiratory infections can be attributed to indoor air pollution. The National Environment Policy and Climate Change Policy will play an important role in helping to address this severe problem, as they mandate actions to reduce emissions of air pollutants including those that can impact the climate and are co-emitted with greenhouse gases..."
Source/publisher:
United Nations Environment Programme
Date of publication:
2019-06-05
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-09
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Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.), Burma/Myanmar reports to international bodies and mechanisms, The impact of climate change on the global environment
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English
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''ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲမှုနဲ့ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ
~~~~~
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဟာ ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲမှုဒဏ်ကို အဆိုးဆုံး ခံစားရမယ့် နိုင်ငံတွေစာရင်းထဲမှာ ပါဝင်နေကြောင်း မကြာသေးခင်က ပြင်သစ်နိုင်ငံ ပဲရစ်မြို့မှာ ကျင်းပခဲ့တဲ့ ရာသီဥတု ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ ညီလာခံကနေ ထုတ်ဖော်ကြေညာခဲ့ပါတယ်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဟာ ရာသီဥတုပြောင်းလဲခြင်း အကျိုးဆက်တွေကို ဘယ်လိုပုံစံနဲ့ ဘယ်လောက်အထိ ခံစားနေရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး ပညာရှင်တွေရဲ့အမြင်တွေကို RFA သတင်းထောက် ကိုမျိုးဇော်ကိုက စုစည်းတင်ပြထားပါတယ်။...''
Dr. Tun Lwin, Daw Daywi Thant Zin, U Win Myo Thu
Source/publisher:
RFA Burmese
Date of publication:
2016-01-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-24
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change - Burma/Myanmar: general, Burma/Myanmar reports to international bodies and mechanisms, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.)
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty negotiated at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, then entered into force on 21 March 1994. The UNFCCC objective is to "stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system".[2] The framework set no binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries and contains no enforcement mechanisms. Instead, the framework outlines how specific international treaties (called "protocols" or "Agreements") may be negotiated to set binding limits on greenhouse gases..."(Wikipedia)
Source/publisher:
UNITED NATIONS
Date of publication:
1992-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2017-01-11
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change - governmental and inter-governmental bodies, treaties, meetings, reports, commentaries, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.)
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English
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ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI?
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
Pope Francis
Source/publisher:
Vatican
Date of publication:
2015-05-24
Date of entry/update:
2016-11-24
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Individual Documents
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English
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"This occasional policy paper aims to improve the
humanitarian sector?s understanding of the nexus between
climate change and violent conflict. This is crucial, given
that about 80 per cent of the humanitarian crises with an
inter-agency humanitarian appeal are conflict related,
and climate change is expected to exacerbate this. The
chair?s summary of the World Humanitarian Summit made
it clear that in order to prevent conflict, a complementary
approach which includes addressing climate change, is
needed. The High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing
also highlighted ?the growing inter-linkages between
humanitarian, development, peacekeeping and climate
change-related interventions” and their relevance for
humanitarian action.
This paper suggests a series of indicators and new metrics
for assessing the risk of climate change-induced conflict for
157 countries covering more than 99 per cent of the world?s
population. The aim is to identify indicators that can help
to identify countries that are exposed to what is described
here as the climate-conflict nexus, i.e, the intersection
between two key factors: weak institutions and pre-existing
social fragility, as well as climate change vulnerability.
Measuring and quantifying these interlinks, particularly
their humanitarian impact, is essential for delivering on
the High-Level Panel?s call to reflect their implications in
humanitarian finance allocations.
This paper identifies 20 countries [including Myanmar] in the climate-conflict
nexus. They encompass some 780 million people living
mostly in South Asia, South-East Asia and sub-Saharan
Africa. All of the countries in the climate-conflict nexus
are low- or lower-middle-income nations, where the
international humanitarian system is already actively
providing life-saving assistance to millions of people
affected by recurrent humanitarian crises......Contains a short case study of Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar...
Source/publisher:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA)
Date of publication:
2016-05-00
Date of entry/update:
2016-07-01
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Natural Disasters - General, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.)
Language:
English
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pdf
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1.54 MB
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"... In December 2015, representatives of governments, civil society organizations, Indigenous Peoples? groups, and the private sector met in Paris for the 21st
Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The aim of this meeting was to determine a global path forward that would limit the rise in global temperature to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and allow countries to reach peak greenhouse gas emissions as soon
as possible.
With its recognition of the crucial role that forests play in achieving targeted emissions reductions, the Paris Agreement marks a major turning point in the global struggle to combat climate change. Yet, the final
Agreement lacks key considerations for the Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP/LCs) who have customary rights to a large portion of the world?s remaining tropical forests, as well as millions of hectares of degraded forests that could capture additional carbon through restoration.
Although Indigenous Peoples and civil society groups from around the world advocated throughout the negotiation process that clear provisions securing IP/LC land tenure would be essential components of any successful and equitable climate agreement, text on the rights of IP/LCs
was limited to the preamble. Ultimately, the Paris Agreement failed to take into account the significance of community land rights and community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) for realizing its ambitious goals.
This brief presents a review of 161 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted on behalf of 188 countries for COP 21 to determine the extent to which Parties made clear commitments to strengthen or expand the tenure and natural resource management rights of IP/LCs as part of their climate change mitigation plans or associated
adaptation actions.
Of the 161 INDCs submitted, 131 are from countries with tropical and subtropical forests..."
Source/publisher:
Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)
Date of publication:
2016-04-00
Date of entry/update:
2016-04-22
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change - governmental and inter-governmental bodies, treaties, meetings, reports, commentaries, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.), Land research including land grabbing - global and regional
Language:
English
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"Historically, the transition from one energy system to another, as from wood to coal or coal to oil, has proven an enormously complicated process, requiring decades to complete. In similar fashion, it will undoubtedly be many years before renewable forms of energy -- wind, solar, tidal, geothermal, and others still in development -- replace fossil fuels as the world?s leading energy providers. Nonetheless, 2015 can be viewed as the year in which the epochal transition from one set of fuels to another took off, with renewables making such significant strides that, for the first time in centuries, the beginning of the end of the Fossil Fuel Era has come into sight..."
Michael T. Klare
Source/publisher:
Tom Dispatch
Date of publication:
2015-12-14
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-14
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Lots of resources and links....."This portal aims to provide indigenous peoples and the general public with relevant information and resources on climate change and indigenous peoples, and on REDD+ or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.
Specifically, this website will also serve as the portal for the project: "Ensuring the Effective Participation of Indigenous Peoples in Global and National REDD Processes."
The website is managed by Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples? International Centre for Polcy Research and Education) and is made possible through the support of the Norwegian International Forest and Climate Initiative through the Norwegian Agency for Development and Cooperation (NORAD)..."
Source/publisher:
Indigenous Peoples? Climate Change Portal
Date of entry/update:
2014-12-04
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.), Climate Change - governmental and inter-governmental bodies, treaties, meetings, reports, commentaries
Language:
English
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"Climate change is damaging people?s lives today. Even if world leaders agree the strictest possible curbs on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the prospects are very bleak for hundreds of millions of people, most of them among the world?s poorest. This paper puts the dramatic stories of some of those people alongside the latest science on the impacts of climate change on humans. Together they explain why climate change is fundamentally a development crisis. The world must act immediately and decisively to address this, the greatest peril to humanity this century...As this paper was being prepared in late May 2009, Cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh and East India. The headline news was of deaths (more than 200, including many children), of 750,000 people made homeless, of landslides, floods, water contamination, threat of disease, the devastation of food crops and livelihoods – of 3.6 million people ?affected?. The Satkhira district in Bangladesh was hit hard. Just weeks before Aila, Oxfam held the first of its international Climate Hearings in villages there. More than 12,000 people gave their personal experiences of climate change, many saying that the sea level was rising, the tides were higher, and salt water was steadily encroaching on their land. When it hit, Aila coincided with yet another unusually high tide and storm waters breached the embankments.
Before Aila, at the hearings, Baburam Mondal described how the encroachment of salt water had wiped out his mangoes and coconuts. Ashoke Kumar Mondal said he had lost his livestock and poultry because of extreme weather. Mahmuda Parvin hadn?t been able to grow vegetables for the past two seasons. After Cyclone Aila hit, Oxfam staff in Satkhira found Baburam rummaging for his belongings in the mud, having lost his home. Mahmuda Parvin?s home was swept away too. We found Mahmuda living on a highway, searching for food and water..."
Source/publisher:
OXFAM
Date of publication:
2009-07-06
Date of entry/update:
2014-06-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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1.92 MB
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"Climate change negotiations are being dominated by irresponsible states, polluters and corporations that only care about current operations and the furtherance of profits through more fossil fuel exploitation and in new carbon markets which are destroying forests, soil, wetlands, rivers, mangroves and oceans, and financializing and privatizing ecosystems and nature itself on which our lives depend..."
Source/publisher:
Focus on the Global South
Date of publication:
2014-06-00
Date of entry/update:
2014-06-16
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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The International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 56 percent between 2010 and 2040. Total world energy use rises from 524 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2010 to 630 quadrillion Btu in 2020 and to 820 quadrillion Btu in 2040 (Figure 1). Much of the growth in energy consumption occurs in countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),2 known as non-OECD, where demand is driven by strong, long-term economic growth. Energy use in non-OECD countries increases by 90 percent; in OECD countries, the increase is 17 percent. The IEO2013 Reference case does not incorporate prospective legislation or policies that might affect energy markets
Source/publisher:
US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Date of publication:
2013-07-25
Date of entry/update:
2013-09-11
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
The global environment - resources, Climate Change policy - global ( statements, studies, conferences etc.)
Language:
English
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Description:
Categories:
Announcement...
Int?l Actions & Events...
News...
Newsletter...
UN climate change negotiations...
Uncategorized;
Working Groups:
01. Structural causes;
02. Harmony with Nature;
03. Mother Earth Rights;
04. Referendum;
05. Climate Justice Tribunal;
06. Climate Migrants;
07. Indigenous Peoples;
08. Climate Debt;
09. Shared Vision;
10. Kyoto Protocol;
11. Adaptation;
12. Financing;
13. Technology Transfer;
14. Forest;
15. Dangers of Carbon Market;
16. Action Strategies;
17. Agriculture and food sovereignty.
Source/publisher:
World People?s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
Date of publication:
2010-04-00
Date of entry/update:
2012-06-26
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English (Español)
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