Addressing the Global Climate Change Problem in GATT/WTO Law:

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. vii-670
Author(s):  
Ahmad S.A.S. AL-TAYER ◽  
A.F.M. MANIRUZZAMAN
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Change Problem

Bridging Theory and Practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-116
Author(s):  
Alix Dietzel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Transnational Governance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Change Problem ◽  
Climate Change Governance

Chapter Four sets out the parameters for the cosmopolitan assessment of climate governance. The chapter first provides overview of the processes involved in global climate change governance: multilateral (United Nations Framework for the Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC) and transnational (cities, corporations, NGOs, sub-state authorities). Following this, Chapter Four outlines why actors in the UNFCCC and actors involved in transnational governance processes can be held responsible for bringing about a just response to the climate change problem. The chapter grounds the responsibility of these actors in their capability to enable the three demands of justice set out in Chapter Three by restructuring the social and political context. Finally, Chapter Four outlines a methodological framework to clarify how current practice will be assessed. This framework is based on a four-point hierarchy that can be used to investigate to what extent global governance actors enable each demand of justice.

scholarly journals Climate strike as an instrument of public influence on global climate change issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (27) ◽  
pp. 162-171
Author(s):  
Jaryna Turchyn ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Biodiversity Loss ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Change Problem

The article considers peculiarities of climate strike as a new instrument that might stop climate change as a biggest challenge of the present. The author outlines main reasons that prompted Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg to initiate school strikes for the climate. It is explained about environmental activism as a movement of representatives of various groups of individuals and organizations that work in collaboration in social, scientific, political and conservational fields with the main purpose of addressing environmental concerns. It has been analyzed an origin, goals, methods and tools of the climate strike activities of 350.org as an international environmental organization addressing the climate crisis. Special attention is paid to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking as a technique designed to recover gas and oil from shale rock. Based on US fundamental research, the author underlines dangers and risks of fracking due to earth tremor concerns as well as possibility of escaping of potentially carcinogenic chemicals during drilling and contaminating groundwater around the fracking site. Besides of FridaysforFuture and 350.org movements addressed climate crisis author describes the history, main goals, vision and strategy of the Extinction Rebellion movement. It is emphasized that Extinction Rebellion created with the aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel government action to avoid tipping points in the climate system, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse. It is underlined that activists often violate public order; most of them during protests accept arrest and imprisonment. It has been mentioned that 2019 was the year of climate change and because of coronavirus disease global climate strike nowadays moved online. The author draws conclusion, pointing that acknowledge the reality of climate change, cooperation of all stakeholders and far-sighted leadership are among the fundamentally important steps that must be taken to achieve the goals and consolidate countries around the global climate change problem.

scholarly journals A New Approach to Sustainable Development Solution for Global Climate Change Problem

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdar Altınok ◽  
Emine Fırat ◽  
Esra Soyu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Change Problem

Globalization notion is encountered not only economically, but also politically, culturally, technologically and ecologically. Environmental problems seen national at first glance can cause regional and subsequently global problems. Climate changes create regional, social and economic problems in terms of effects thereof. Many factors such as continuation of rapid population growth, proliferation of water problems, increase of global warming and irrevocable habits of countries can lead to world pollution and impairment of environment. Industrialization, population growth and excessive consumption tendency on the one hand and need for balanced use of natural sources such that energy can meet needs of future generations on the other hand has rendered “environment” and “development” subjects substitute for each other. While increase of welfare and happiness of people are aimed with economic development, socio-economical costs caused by global climate change threaten this welfare cycle. A variety of sources extinct due to global warming and some of them cannot be effectively used in a desirable level. This situation prevents economic productivity. Global climate change problem should be reevaluated with not only conventional sustainable development approach but also in a global plane containing new political ecology notions such as “environmental justice” and “climate justice”. For this purpose, each of us has a role to play and also, novel law and policies are required that will lead global-scale solutions. In this study, relationship between global climate change and sustainable development approach will be handled within the scope of a new tendency.

scholarly journals Effect of physical and chemical weathering on water resources: A glacial assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sipika Sundriyal ◽  
Tanuj Shukla ◽  
Sanjay Shukla
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Chemical Weathering ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rivers And Lakes ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Change Problem

Global climate change has a huge impact on our environment. The shrinking of the glaciers has affected not only the rivers and lakes but also the animals and birds. According to IPCC reports, climatic change is adversely affecting the glaciers and the trend will increase with the passage of time. The green house gases added by human activities are increasing the global temperature. Some glaciers are receding by 20 meters per year while few smaller ones have vanished or have come on the verge of extinction. The most of the rivers of South Asia like Ganga, Yamuna, Sindhu, Brahmaputra, etc. are fed by glaciers. In the absence of glaciers, these rivers will become seasonal rivers. This will affect lives of millions of people residing in their respective valleys/ plains, and have to face drought and flood frequently. In this research, the physical parameter of water has been studied in relation to the climate change, and their effects of glacier have been summed up. Over the past few decades, melting and retreat of the glaciers of the Himalayas have emerged as a major problem. In many Himalayan states, various types of efforts and research are being done to preserve the glaciers, to overcome the water crisis and climate change problem in future.

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