Addressing Key Global Agendas of Road Safety and Climate Change: Synergies and Conflicts

The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identifies, with 95% certainty, that human activities are the dominant cause of observed global warming since the mid-20th century (IPCC, 2014a). The international political response to climate change began at the Rio Earth Summit in...

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Published inJournal of Road Safety (Australasian College of Road Safety. Online) Vol. 27; no. 3
Main Authors Chika Sakashita, Soames Job
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Australasian College of Road Safety 01.08.2016
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Summary:The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identifies, with 95% certainty, that human activities are the dominant cause of observed global warming since the mid-20th century (IPCC, 2014a). The international political response to climate change began at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, where the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted. Now the UNFCCC has membership of 195 parties, and the annual Conference of Parties (COP) aims to review the Convention's implementation. At the 21st COP in December 2015, Parties to the UNFCCC made a universal agreement (the Paris Agreement), which requires all Parties to put forward their best efforts through "nationally determined contributions" (NDCs) and to report regularly on their emissions and on their implementation efforts, while also assisting developing countries to address climate change. Non-Party stakeholders, including civil society, the private sector, financial institutions, cities and other sub-national authorities were also requested to scale up their efforts. These movements draw stronger attention and resources for climate change globally.
ISSN:2652-4260
2652-4252