This is a list of climate change initiatives of international, national, regional, and local political initiatives to take action on
climate change
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global warming
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to ...
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A Climate Action Plan (CAP) is a set of strategies intended to guide efforts for
climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation is action to limit climate change by reducing emissions of greenhouse gases or removing those gases from the atmosphere. The recent rise in global average temperature is mostly caused by emissions from fossil fuels bu ...
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International initiatives
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established an international environmental treaty to combat "dangerous human interference with the climate system", in part by stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in ...
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Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...
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International Carbon Action Partnership The International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP) was founded in 2007 by more than 15 government representatives as an international cooperative forum, bringing together states and sub-national jurisdictions that have implemented or are planning to ...
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Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a multilateral environmental fund that provides grants and blended finance for projects related to biodiversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, persistent organic pollutants (PO ...
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Muslim Seven Year Action Plan on Climate Change
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Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement (french: Accord de Paris), often referred to as the Paris Accords or the Paris Climate Accords, is an international treaty on climate change. Adopted in 2015, the agreement covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and ...
Europe
North America
National initiatives
Local initiatives
United States
See also
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List of environmental agreements
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Nationally determined contributions (NDC)
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Regional climate change initiatives in the United States
The climate change policy of the United States has major impacts on global climate change and global climate change mitigation. This is because the United States is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the world after China, and i ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeUS Clean Energy States- an alliance of US states working together to promote renewable energy
Cities for Climate Protection- reductions in local greenhouse gas emissions, improvements in air quality, and enhanced urban
livability
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Official list of local Climate Action Plans in California for 2019* Kirsten Engel and Barak Orbach
Micro-Motives for State and Local Climate Change Initiatives''
Harvard Law & Policy Review'', Vol. 2, pp. 119–137, 2008
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Initiatives
In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a ...
Initiatives
In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a ...
Climate action plans