Talk:Climate Change Negotiations

Group Discussion Journal

16th, Aug. 2010

1. We will have a group meeting in 17th 16:30, and prepare the questions for the interview in 17th evening. Team members need to check the task background before the meeting.

2. For "numbers matter" presentation, we will hold another meeting.

Comments to the group

Bastian: I will add a driving forces section, so everyone can add his/her DF and we avoid duplication.
Once we have a good number of DFs we should converge them.

Driving forces

BASTIAN:-
1. Greenhouse gas increase
2. Catastrophes - Acts of God
3. Urbanisation

ROHIT:-
4. Increasing influence of media
5. Expiration of Kyoto protocol

FAN:-
6. Oil Supply and Demand Dynamics
7. Increasing Commitment from China

SERGEY:-
8. Position of US
9. Position of developing nation
10. Dynamics of Public Support

RACHIT:-
11. Carbon Trading, Finances and related Economics
12. Innovation in Technology and Energy
13. Position of Corporates

Ideas for focal issue

Fan: Here are some ideas of focal issues What is the role of Netherlands climate change negotiation in 2020?
What is the negotiation result in 2020?

Numbers That Matter

What are different contributors to the green-house gas emissions?
1/ Sources of green house gases
2/ Country specific emissions
3/ Per capita gas emissions
4/ If all the cars in the converted to Hybrid how much reductions could be achieved?