Climate Change and Paris Agreement: Challenges after US Withdrawal
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ISBN-13: | 9788177084818 |
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Publisher: | New Century Publications |
Publication date: | 04/30/2019 |
Edition description: | None |
Pages: | 178 |
Product dimensions: | 5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
About the Book v
About the Author vi
Preface xi-xii
1 Global Climate Change: Evidence, Consequences and Action 1
1.1 Evidence on Climate Change
1.2 Consequences of Climate Change
1.3 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
1.4 Kyoto Protocol
1.5 Copenhagen Accord, 2009 and Cancun Agreements, 2010
1.6 Paris Agreement, 2015
2 Impact of Climate Change on India 13
2.1 Climate Change and Human Settlements
2.2 Climate Change and Water Supply
2.3 Occurrence of Droughts
2.4 River Hydrology and Inland Flooding
2.5 Cyclonic Storms, Storm Surges and Coastal Flooding
2.6 Sea Level Rise
2.7 India's Approach to Climate Change
3 National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and Other Initiatives 21
3.1 National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
3.2 Eight National Missions of NAPCC
3.3 Other National and Sub-National Initiatives
3.4 Ozone Layer Protection
4 Climate Negotiations in Historical Perspective 38
4.1 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
4.2 Conference of the Parties (COP)
4.3 Subsidiary Bodies under the Convention (SBSTA, SBI)
4.4 Kyoto Protocol and the Doha Amendment
4.5 Doha Amendment
4.6 Towards a New Agreement
4.7 Conference of Parties in Paris, 2015
5 Salient Features of Paris Agreement 47
5.1 Mitigation
5.2 Adaptation
5.3 Loss and Damage
5.4 Finance
5.5 Technology Development and Transfer
5.6 Capacity-building
5.7 Transparency of Action and Support
5.8 Global Stocktake and Increasing Ambition
5.9 Compliance, Meetings, Entry into Force
5.10 Enhanced Action Prior to 2020
5.11 Summary and Discussion
6 Implementation of Paris Agreement 63
6.1 Conditions for Entering into Force
6.2 Progress of Ratification and Entry into Force
6.3 Conditions for Withdrawal
6.4 Negotiation Bodies under the Paris Agreement
6.5 Conference of Parties in Marrakesh, 2016
6.6 Mitigation
6.7 Adaptation
6.8 Loss and Damage
6.9 Financial Mechanisms
6.10 Technology Development and Transfer
6.11 Capacity-building
6.12 Transparency of Action and Support
6.13 Global Stocktake and Increasing Ambition
6.14 Compliance, Meetings, Entry into Force
6.15 Progress on Temperature Goal of Paris Agreement
7 Main Parties of the Paris Agreement in Terms of Share of Emissions 78
7.1 China
7.2 United States of America
7.3 European Union
7.4 India
7.5 Russian Federation
7.6 Japan
8 Role of Different Organizations 97
8.1 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
8.2 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
8.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO)
8.4 World Bank Group
9 Recent Global Developments Linked to Climate Change 106
9.1 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
9.2 Energy Markets and Policies
9.3 Refugee Crisis and Migration
9.4 Emerging Topics: Geo-engineering
10 United States Withdrawal from Paris Agreement and Challenges Ahead 118
Appendix: Paris Agreement 123
Bibliography 153
Index 159