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Climate Change

27 Oct 2017

We know that the 20th century was the warmest in human history, that the last decade was even warmer, and, as Figure 1 indicates, that 2016 was the hottest year on record.3 The Paris Agreement of December 2015 commits nations to take the steps believed necessary to keep the rise in average global temperature below two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the [...] The objective is to understand the issue million: 2005-PRESENT and the challenges it presents in terms of policy, politics, the environment, the economy and public opinion. [...] THE MORAL DILEMMA In the developed world, interpretation of the principle marks a fault line between conservatives and liberals, with the former These divergent opinions on the relative urgency of addressing arguing that taking the lead cannot mean shouldering all climate change and uncertainty of the outcome, underline a the responsibilities. [...] The Saskatchewan government also maintains 2 that the imposition of a carbon price by Ottawa on the province 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 is unconstitutional and intends to challenge the legality of Year the forced implementation of a carbon price by the federal Source:. [...] To date, the challenge of climate change, the need to address it as part of a global effort, and the consequences of not acting have not been enough to override the varied and conflicting political and economic interests.
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