Dickinson to Durban » Climate Change
Just another acronym?
By Dani Thompson In 2002, the World Resource Institute published the report, “Building on the Kyoto Protocol: Options for Projecting the Climate.” Within this 250+ page document, there is a chapter by Harald Winkler, senior researcher at the Energy and Development Research Centre at the University of Cape Town, entitled “Sustainable Development Policies and Measures”. Like so many other climate change issues, this term was lovingly given an acronym, SD-PAM. The document, available here, looks at … Read entire article »
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“Top-Down” and “Bottom-Up”
By: Maggie Rees Often spoken about in climate negotiations is “top-down” and “bottom up” models for climate policy. Such models are included in overall approaches for climate negotiations. As COP17 reaches nearer and nearer, I am attempting to have a complete understanding of as many negotiation terms, models, lingo, articles, and any other information to be in full-awareness while in Durban. My focus on “top-down” and “bottom-up” models first started this past weekend spent in Washington, … Read entire article »
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“You have to celebrate nothing happening.” – Vajjhala
By Emily Bowie ’14 This past week the Global Mosaic students had the valuable opportunity to talk to government officials and scientists from Washington, DC about their jobs, experiences and their perspectives on both Climate Change and December’s COP 17. One of these delegates was Shalili Vajjhala, the Deputy Assistant Administrator to the Office of International & Tribal Affairs in the EPA. Vajjhala was one of the few women we heard from over the two days, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Environmental Politics, Featured, Key COP17 Issues
Top to Bottom: Inspiring Bottom-up using the Top
Sam Parker ’12 Climate change governance and mitigation thus far have taken a very “top-down” approach. One of the best examples of this is the Conference of the Parties (COP) that occur yearly, bringing together government officials from all across the world to discuss climate change and its different aspects. Though, these top-down approaches to global problems often overlook the need for more “bottom-up” or community based approaches to issue that the world faces. As I … Read entire article »
Filed under: Climate Change, Conservation, Consumption, Environmental Politics, Key COP17 Issues
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