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Climate change: climate change denial from the perspective of climate change belief: Clive Hamilton: 2010: ISBN 978-1-84971-081-7: The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How we Can Still Save Humanity: Various themes: James Lovelock: 2007: ISBN 0-14-102597-2: Scorched: South Africa's Changing Climate: Climate change: Leonie ...
The Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS) is a proposed trade agreement between Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand and Switzerland. The deal will eliminate tariffs on hundreds of environmental goods and services alongside carbon emission reduction commitments. [ 1 ]
The World Health Organization's report "Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa Plan of Action for the Health Sector 2012–2016" [153] is intended to "provide a comprehensive and evidence-based coordinated response of the health sector to climate change adaptation needs of African countries in order to support the commitments and priorities of ...
In 2019 the International Labour Organization published a report titled: "Working on a warmer planet: The impact of heat stress on labour productivity and decent work", in which it claims that even if the rise in temperature will be limited to 1.5 degree, by the year 2030, Climate Change will cause losses in productivity reaching 2.2% of all ...
The 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP17) was held in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 11 December 2011 to establish a new treaty to limit carbon emissions. [ 1 ] A treaty was not established, but the conference agreed to establish a legally binding deal comprising all countries by 2015, which was to take effect in 2020 ...
International Relations and Global Climate Change is a 2001 book edited by Urs Luterbacher and Detlef F. Sprinz. It was published by MIT Press. The book includes a critical review of international relations literature in relation to climate issues. [1] It includes conceptual, theoretical, and methodological analyses of global climate change ...
Climate Information Services (CIS) (or climate services) entail the dissemination of climate data in a way that aids people and organizations in making decisions. CIS helps its users foresee and control the hazards associated with a changing and unpredictable climate. [ 1 ]
International trade in services is defined by the Four Modes of Supply of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). (Mode 1) Cross-Border Trade – which is defined as delivery of a service from the territory of one country into the territory of other country, e.g. remotely providing accounting services in one country for a company based in another country, or an airline flying ...