MAE 124/ESYS
103:
Week 4 Assignment
Who is Responsible
for Stopping Green House Warming? Relative Roles of Developing
and Developed Nations
The week 4 homework asks you to evaluate
the relative roles of developing and developed countries in addressing
greenhouse warming. In responding to this question, you may find
it
helpful to look at the Global
Carbon Project (2008) report entitled "Carbon budget and trends
2007". In particular, take a look at the additional
emissions figures and at the overview of the carbon budget.
If you're curious about further details, the Wikipedia entry on
the Kyoto Protocol is helpful, and the Bali Declaration is
available here.
You may also be wondering what to expect on the midterm exam.
This week's assignment is worded as a sample midterm essay question,
although we ask for only 250 words in the assignment, and you won't
have a word count limit for the exam. The TAs will talk about
essay exam responses during discussion section. We've also posted
further information about what to expect on the
midterm to the web.