How can Developing Countries Reduce their Greenhouse Gas Emissions without affecting their Economic Growth Adversely?
Article from: OGEL Archive issue , in Environment
Summary
Global warming and climate change caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, as a result of the combustion of fossil fuels has been an issue of concern because of the international nature of its impacts, which could be irreversible if left unchecked by policy. As a result, industrialized nations pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol established in 1997, from which developing countries were excluded. However, these countries' growth rates of emissions are much higher than in the developed world. Hence ...