Workshop 5. Climate Change: Contraction & Convergence
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5. Climate Change: Contraction & Convergence
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Contraction and convergence (C&C) is a scheme to provide a framework for a smooth transition to a low level of CO2 emissions from human activity. It can either follow or replace the Kyoto protocol. The first step in C&C, contraction, is based on agreeing a safe target concentration level and the determination of global annual emission levels which should take the global atmosphere to that target. The second step, convergence, defines allocations to each country, assuming annual emission allowances that vary per- capita of population. This seminar will look at the links between global, international and national policy and how these can be strengthened.
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www.gci.org.uk
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Coordinator: Aubrey Meyer
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Aged 43, Aubrey Meyer co-founded the Global Commons Institute (GCI) in London in 1990.
He spent the next decade campaigning at the United Nations negotiations on climate change
to win acceptance of the management of global greenhouse gas emissions through the framework of,
'Contraction and Convergence' (C&C).
In 1998 he won the Andrew Lees Memorial Award for this and, in 2000, the Schumacher Award. C&C is now cited as, ...destined to become one of the most important principles governing international relations in the 21st Century. It is a powerful ethic that incorporates global justice and sustainability.
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