Inasse+Djafar+Doust

What is Global Warming? Hi! my Name is Inasse Djafar Doust, and I am a fourth year student in the Telfer School of Management specialize in accounting. In my page, I am going to talk about Global Warming and the main player of the 2010 climate treaty.

"**//Global Warming//** is defined as the increase of the average temperature on Earth. As the Earth is getting hotter, disasters like hurricanes, droughts and floods are getting more frequent. Over the last 100 years, the average temperature of the air near the Earth´s surface has risen a little less than 1° Celsius (0.74 ± 0.18°C, or 1.3 ± 0.32° Fahrenheit). Does not seem all that much? It is responsible for the conspicuous increase in storms, floods and raging forest fires we have seen in the last ten years, though, say scientists."

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= Climate Treaty 2010: The Main Players: = [|The Main Players]
 * < Country ||< President/Prime Minister ||< Annual greenhouse gas emissions ||< Offers ||< Demand ||
 * < China ||< Hu Jintao ||< 6.8 Billion Tons ||< China announced it would cut its carbon intensity (the amount of CO2 emitted proportionate to GDP) by 40 to 45 percent compared to 2005 levels. But it is resisting calls from developed countries for these cuts to be monitored and verified. ||< China says the emissions reduction targets of the industrialized countries are too low. It wants deeper cuts of at least 40 percent from 1990 levels. Additionally, China wants more financial aid for developing nations and green technology exchange. (Photo: Reuters/Shutterstock) ||
 * < United States ||< Barack Obama ||< 6.4 Billion Tons ||< Having rejected the Kyoto Protocol, the U.S. now aims to cut emissions by 3 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. Cuts might be extended to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. Developing nations want the U.S. to contribute significant climate aid. ||< The U.S. wants big emitters like China and India to commit to verifiable emissions cuts. It won't say how much climate aid it will contribute until these countries are on board. According to President Obama, the U.S. "cannot meet this challenge unless all the largest emitters of greenhouse gas pollution act together." (Photo: Reuters/Shutterstock) ||
 * < The European Union ||<  ||< 5.03 Billion Tons ||< EU leaders have agreed to cut carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020. This might be raised to 30 percent, if other developed nations follow suit. The EU has also pledged 10 billion dollars in short-term climate aid up to 2012. ||< The EU wants developing nations to cut their emissions by 15 to 30 percent by 2020. To help them go green and adapt to climate change impacts, the EU wants international climate aid of 100 billion Euros per year. The EU also wants the U.S., Russia, Japan and other big polluters to agree to larger emissions cuts. (Photo: Reuters/Shutterstock) ||
 * < Russia ||< Dimitri Medvedev ||< 1.7 Billion Tons ||< Russia has promised to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. But the collapse of Soviet era industry in the 1990s, not green policies, means emissions have already fallen by 34 percent. ||< Initially, Russia had considered keeping this "hot air" as carbon credits for future cuts. This idea was rejected at the last minute by President Medvedev. (Photo: Reuters/Shutterstock) ||
 * < India ||< Pratibha Patil ||< 1.4 Billion Tons ||< India aims to cut its carbon intensity by 20 to 25 percent below 2005 levels, said Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. He also said that he can’t determine a year when emissions will peak. ||< Together with China, India wants the industrialized nations to cut their emissions by at least 40 percent by 2020. India strongly opposes the proposed goal of halving 'global' emissions by 2050 because it believes this will shift the burden of carbon cuts away from rich nations to emerging nations. (Photo: Reuters/Shutterstock) ||
 * < Japan ||< Yukio Hatoyama ||< 1.4 Billion Tons ||< Japan has said it will try to cut emissions by 25 percent below 1990 levels. A domestic emissions trading mechanism, a feed-in tariff for renewable energy, and a global warming tax could make it possible. Japan is also expected to pledge 10 billion dollars in climate aid up to 2012. ||< Japan strongly feels that economic rivals China and India must also make commitments, at least in terms of carbon or energy intensity, before Japan will enter into a binding agreement.(Photo: Reuters/Shutterstock) ||
 * < Canada ||< Stephen Harper ||< 658 Million Tons ||< No clear statement was made by the government before Copenhagen. Environment minister Jim Prentice offered to cut emissions by 20 percent below 2006 levels. ||< Canada wants to widen the time frame of action from 2020 to 2050, since it believes that serious changes can’t be achieved quickly: “We're talking about a complete transformation of the capital stock in our society –everything from the kind of car you drive to the sort of building that you live in, what your TV looks like, the kinds of electricity it consumes," said Prentice. (Photo: Reuters/Shutterstock) ||

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