MAE 124/ESYS
103:
Week 3 Assignment
Who is Responsible
for Stopping Green House Warming? Relative Roles of Developing
and Developed Nations
The week 3 homework asks you to evaluate
the relative roles of developing and developed countries in addressing
greenhouse warming. In responding to this question, you should be
sure to complete the assigned reading by Elliot Diringer summarizing
the Copenhagen negotiations.
There are a number of other resources that you may also find
helpful:
- 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.
- German Scientists Call for 'World Climate Bank', Der Spiegel online,
posted 31 August 2009.
- Revkin, Andrew. On the Energy Gap and Climate Crisis,
Dot Earth, New York Times, 7 April 2010.
- Krugman, Paul. Building a Green Economy, New York
Times Magazine, 5 April 2010.
- If you're curious about further details, the Wikipedia entry on
the Kyoto Protocol is helpful, and the Bali Declaration is
available here.