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=Overview= | =Overview= | ||
Continuously increased public pressure and local climate disasters made governments to make some agreement on emissions reduction policies. Some countries like India and China started looking for the solution of energy consumption increase in nuclear power or "alternative" energy sources. <br><br> | Continuously increased public pressure and local climate disasters made governments to make some agreement on emissions reduction policies. Some countries like India and China started looking for the solution of energy consumption increase in nuclear power or "alternative" energy sources. <br><br> | ||
After failed negotiation talks in 2010 and 2011, EU decides to restrict carbon emission [[Carbon_Trading,_Finances_and_related_Economics|by carbon trading]] within its own region and successfully implements it | After failed negotiation talks in 2010 and 2011, EU decides to restrict carbon emission [[Carbon_Trading,_Finances_and_related_Economics|by carbon trading]] within its own region and successfully implements it. This move is mainly driven by [[Increasing influence of media|media pressure]], by [[Position of Corporates|corporations]] and by [[Dynamics of Public Support|increasing public attention]]. Afterwards the EU introduced import duties on countries with high emissions (without emission targets) and China shortly afterwards followed this model because the country was affected by several [[Catastrophes - Acts of God|catastrophes]]. Part of the money derived from this import duties were redistributed to developing countries for education and implementation of emission reducing measures. <br> | ||
During the end of | During the end of these ten years period USA also implemented emission reduction targets inside the country. USA wanted to push mainly BRIC nations to put the targets. <br> | ||
The funds mainly from the import duties provided enough finances so that the most important developing countries were able to invest in emission reducing measures without harming significantly their GDP growth. So in the end also these countries implemented reduction targets and fulfilled them. <br> | |||
=2010= | =2010= | ||