The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a non-binding international environmental treaty drafted at the Rio Earth Summit in June 1992. At the annual Conferences of the Parties (COP), the Convention's signatory nations meet to assess the effects of measures taken by the Parties and the progress made in achieving the ultimate …
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Former Costa Rican president José María Figueres is a man who wears many hats. Apart from being the former president of Costa Rica, he is a consummate businessman, a conservationist and a leading advocate for renewable energy. During his presidency, he was noted for stressing on environmental protection and making sustainable development the bedrock of …
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Last week we heard from Mayank Vikas who attended the COP 21 climate talks in Paris. But things were moving so fast at the conference that the attendees from the University of Michigan had a whole other team back in Ann Arbor to support them: Ground Control. Bonnie Applebeet, Rackham Communications' Grad Student Staff Assistant, …
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The 21st Conference of Parties (COP) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1992 (UNFCCC) was recently held in Paris from November 30 to December 11, 2015. The COP was attended by over 40,000 delegates which included representatives from more than 190 countries who got together to come to a decision on responding …
Continue reading A Graduate Student Reflection on the COP21 in Paris, Mayank Vikas
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