Abstract
As all human beings are perpetrators and victims of Global Warming, international cooperation is indispensable for solving Global Warming. However, the experience of the climate change framework so far does not lead to a solid and effective framework. What is the reason for this, and to address Global Warming, what can we do in the future? This chapter will discuss these issues based on Environmental Fairness theory and Behavioral economics.
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Japan Meteorological Agency HP: https://www.data.jma.go.jp/cpdinfo/chishiki_ondanka/p02.html (confirmed on February 15, 2021).
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“The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the international body for assessing the science related to Climate Change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of Climate Change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation.” (https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2021/07/AR6_FS_What_is_IPCC.pdf).
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The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report referred to in this paper is a report prepared by the IPCC Working Group 1.
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The absolute value of emissions has decreased, but by sector, it tends to increase in the household sector. This limits people’s outings and increases their household waste and electricity consumption as they spend more time at home, leading to increased emissions from burning garbage and power generation.
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In 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with the ultimate goal of “stabilizing the concentration of GHG in the atmosphere,” Effective March 2014. Based on this treaty, the Conference of Parties of United Nations Conventions (COP) has been held every year since 1995.
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“Kyoto Mechanics” is a general term for “Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),” “Joint Implementation (JI),” and “Emission Trading (ET).”
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The Kyoto Protocol meets two requirements: (1) contracts of more than 55 countries, and (2) CO2 emissions of the developed countries (1990) that have been contracted to be 55% or more of the emissions of all developed countries Therefore, it will take effect 90 days later. The Kyoto Protocol came into effect on February 16, 2005.
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Zhang, X. (2023). Environment and Economy After COVID-19: Focusing on Global Warming Issues. In: Ishido, H., Mizushima, J., Kobayashi, M., Zhang, X. (eds) Social Fairness in a Post-Pandemic World. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9654-2_3
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