what act happened in 1956?
Clean air act - in response to london’s great smog of 1952
When was the Stockholm conference?
1972
led to the creation of UN environment program
club of rome published limits to grwoth
What happened in 1983 and what did this body then publish?
UN created the World Commission on Environment and Development
published the Bruntland Report
When was the bruntland report?
1987
How is sustainable development defined by the bruntland report?
development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to me their own needs
When are where was the first earth summit?
1992 - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
What lessons were learnt from the 2000 MDGs?
- not based on an idea that all member states should take action
- reporting as a soft way of verifying implementation
- global focus led to a higher buy in
- responsibility and accountability relationships were unclear
What were some of the key events of 2015?
- Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction
- Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing and Development
- 2030 SDGs- 17
- Paris agreement on climate change
How can you access climate mitigation and SDG interactions?
- Expert elicitation
- network analysis
-participatory modelling
-system dynamics models - systematic review + assessment
look at the synergies - positive - and trade offs-negative connections
quant
- statistical models, econometrics
- IAMS
What did the IPCC SR15 find on synergies and trade offs/
- mitigation options show multiple synergies and trade offs across the SDGs
- total number of possible synergies exceeds the tradeoffs but net effect will depend on the pace and mag. of changes, composition of the mitigation portfolio and management of the transition
-1.5oc pathways that include low energy demand, low material consumption, and low GHG intensive food consumption have the most pronounced synergies and the lowest number of trade offs
- sustainable development, eradicating poverty and reducing inequality can support limiting warming to 1.5oc
