The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimated that the world would need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50?60 per cent from 1990 levels by 2050, with a future downward trajectory that is even more drastic, to have a probable chance of limiting a global temperature...

Este estudo tem como objetivo discutir o tema da sustentabilidade ambiental do setor agropecuário brasileiro, tratando de questões relacionadas aos impactos do crescimento do setor sobre o meio ambiente, políticas atuais e estratégias necessárias para mitigar esses impactos. Historicamente,...

Adopted in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?or simply the Convention ?today has nearly universal membership, with 195 parties. However, it was only after 1997, when the Kyoto Protocol was approved, that its implementation started. Foreseeing the end of the...

Current levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations are already worryingly high, and scientists predict that the average temperature on the planet could rise between 1.8°C and 4°C by 2100, which would cause drastic damage to the environment. (?)