1. Climate Reality: A Challenge Pushing the Countries to Cooperate
- Author:
- Katarína Hazuchová
- Publication Date:
- 12-2013
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Global Political Trends Center
- Abstract:
- Climate change poses the greatest challenge for countries, acting as a threat multiplier with potential to affect security and stability in regional and global merit. Climate negotiations have long been seen as an effective tool for countries facing climate change, because it enables them to negotiate according to their respective responsibilities and capabilities. Working on these assumptions, the developed and developing countries' evolution under the climate change threats have resulted in a wide spectrum of national strategies, and binding and voluntary commitments, which many times not only insufficiently address climate change but more importantly do appear ineffective when it comes to the climate reality. The fifth assessment report of the respected scientific body the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change has given a last warning to the assessment of countries' approaches towards the issue. Also, it has appeared to be a challenge for cooperation between countries in regional merit. So what are the challenges and opportunities that countries face in the wake of climate change?
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Energy Policy, Industrial Policy, and International Cooperation