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Focusing on voluntary reductions and technological innovation is amore promising strategy to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
At the forthcoming G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, America will face intense pressure to agree to a post-Kyoto deal on climate change that includes far-reaching mandatory targets to cut carbon emissions. G-8 President and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has personally endorsed increasing pressure on the Bush Administration to reverse its current environmental policies, despite the United States' superior performance in emissions reduction so far.[1]
Jeniffer Hanna Collado is the LAC Regional Manager for the NDC Partnership. She works to coordinate the regional activities of the Partnership in Latin America and The Caribbean, as well as the application of the country engagement and the knowledge strategies of the Partnership to drive implementation of NDCs in member countries.
There has never been much doubt that the release of carbon dioxide, a natural constituent of the atmosphere and a byproduct of fossil fuel combustion, has some warming effect on the planet. But the impact of man-made emissions of this greenhouse gas may be minor. The real issues are whether or not the release of carbon dioxide is a significant factor relative to natural temperature variability, what the likely consequences of warming would be, and what should be done about it. To better explain these issues, this paper provides answers to frequently asked questions about global warming.