Presently, it has been established by the scientific community that global warming is a global concern, of various degrees of concern to each one of the 7 billion and growing members of the world. This is where the problem of ascribing blame to those who “caused” climate change occurs. So who is responsible for climate change? And who must pay? Bulkeley and Newell argue, almost point blank to their audience, that climate change is caused by the developed countries of the world, such as the United States. However, they also claim that there are many “countries whose emissions trajectories will soon match those of the United States, EU, and Japan.” These countries include China, Brazil, and India, countries whose rapid development, is unfortunately occurring in a time when carbon emissions tied … Read entire article »

The causes and effects of climate change can arguably be defined as a clearly global problem, especially when looking at the issue in the context of global governance. Climate change is in fact a global issue in that various groups of people act as the emitters and subsequent victims of climate change in the forms of increasingly extreme weather fluctuations. However, the definition of what is considered “global” is exceedingly difficult to define succinctly and fairly when landed before the ‘global’ audience. Thus, first this sort of definitive explanation of the word must be established before effective work can be done to tackle the issue effectively on the international stage. So what is a “global approach to climate change? The UN has worked very hard to put together a working model … Read entire article »