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I.

Initial scene – Origins
sector policy makers and the private
sector, both of whom find themselves
today having to spend limited resources
to avoid even greater losses in the future. Even though the idea that there are
shared but different responsibilities, has
been accepted by the United Nations
Framework Convention on
Climate
Change (UNFCCC) signatories, the
concrete contributions of indus trialized
and developing countries regarding the
fiscal sacrifices both groups should
make, as well as their relative amount,
is still controversial at all levels. The
reason for this is not only the financial
cost, but also the political price it represents for their governments. Despite the
multiple multilateral negotiation sessions, this explains why no Post-Kyoto
agreement has been reached.
Finally, it is essential to achieve a multilateral consensus at the Climate Change
Negotiations (CCN), to highlight the
relevance of green economies in the
context of sustainable development and
the eradication of poverty. This could
be done through a transfer of adequate
technologies and with attention to how
realities are different between developed and developing countries. This
logic indicates that green economies
should contribute to the eradication of
poverty because growth in sustainable
economies increase social inclusion,
improves human wellbeing, and also
sustains the healthy functioning of
Earth’s ecosystems.
Last year was a historic one for Peru,
especially for those who were invisible
in these processes for so long. Organized civil society is recovering its energy regarding the environmental problem, and climate, regional, national and
global change.

How did the idea come about? How
did the working group form? Who
joined?
The
United
Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) came about at the United
Nations Conference on the Environment
and Development (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1992). It is better known as the
Earth Summit in Rio, and went into
effect in 1994 for its member countries
(194), plus the European Union. The
reason behind the Parties’ Conference
(PC) is that the most industrialized nationals are responsible for the increase
in the Emission of Greenhouse Gases
(EGE) and that it is their responsibility
to reduce their emissions to the levels of
the year 1990
THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
(IPCC) warned over a decade ago that
“climate warming was inevitable, as is already evident in the observations and increases in average air and ocean temperatures, ice melt, and the rise in average sea
levels worldwide.”

This is why climate change has become
a primary concern for current governments. The scientific community increasingly believes that greenhouse gases are the primary cause for the planet’s
temperature rise. What is not clear is
how much temperature changes predicted for the future not only on biophysical
systems, but also on humanity. More
over: it is not clear how humanity will
adapt to this new challenge.
The effects this increase in climatic variability on the economy are the reason
for an increased concern among public

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