In Blueprint for a Safer Planet, Stern frames this as an affordable,
effective global deal that could be adopted at the UN negotiations in Copenhagen in December.
I agree with the point which you acknowledge that there could be a danger of frustration and disempowerment getting in the way of working out what civic actions could help or maximise the chances of
an effective global deal.
Not exact matches
As we did in our annual, more
global study, we spent a good
deal of time in this research looking at the differences between the marketers who rate themselves highly in terms of overall content marketing effectiveness (the «most
effective») versus those who rate themselves as least
effective to understand the gaps and identify best practices for paid content promotion.
The final call in the Gulf resolution for an immediate cease - fire and a demand that the UN be in charge of the settlement — rather muted after the rhetorical fire — was premised on the beliefs that military force could not
deal with the crisis, that sanctions could have been and could still be
effective, and that the war would have destructive
global impact.
Taiyo Kagaku Co Ltd (Taiyo) and DSM, a leading
global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional ingredients and have entered into a licensing
deal,
effective July 1, 2014, which will transfer the entirety of the Teavigo brand EGCg business to Taiyo.
«Unless we get the numbers right, we will argue in circles and it will be difficult for us to have
effective plan to
deal with
global carbon emissions.»
Your input is indispensable to frame a
deal that is not only
effective in terms of emission reductions, but also makes economic sense,» said Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Bali
Global Business Day.
Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason to postpone such measures, taking into account that policies and measures to
deal with climate change should be cost -
effective in order to ensure
global benefits at the lowest possible cost.
The resulting compromise safeguards the vested interests of
global dependency on fossil sources of energy, while constraining the capacity of the international community to take any
effective action to
deal with the threat of dangerous climate change.»
Analysts say an
effective deal to limit dangerous
global warming would slash demand for fossil fuels and the value of oil companies.
Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures, taking into account that policies and measures to
deal with climate change should be cost -
effective so as to ensure
global benefits at the lowest possible cost (UN 1992a: Art 3, emphasis added).
It says nothing about a legally - binding treaty in the future, an aspect considered essential if a
global climate
deal is to be
effective.
A reasonable
deal within this group would be nearly five times more
effective than the current commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, which only covers 15 percent of
global emissions.