As the World Burns: Negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change

The document analyzes the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change, detailing the scientific consensus on global warming and the diplomatic tensions between industrialized and developing nations during its creation. It highlights the lack of binding emissions targets and the complexities of the financial mechanism and technology transfer.

• Scientific consensus at the time of writing indicated that the Earth would warm 1-3 degrees Centigrade by the middle of the next century if human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) buildup was not abated.
• Carbon dioxide (CO2) is identified as the primary anthropogenic GHG, accounting for 50-60% of global warming, followed by methane at approximately 20%.

APA

Goldberg, D. M. (n.d.). As the World Burns: Negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AsWorldBurns_1993.pdf

Chicago

Goldberg, Donald M. As the World Burns: Negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Center for International Environmental Law, n.d. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AsWorldBurns_1993.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{goldbergndworld, author = {Goldberg, Donald M.}, title = {{As the World Burns: Negotiating the Framework Convention on Climate Change}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/AsWorldBurns_1993.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }