The arithmetic of climate action globally

There are three primary issues that need to be resolved by the December Copenhagen convention.

First, carbon emissions need to be stabilized to 300-450 parts per million of carbon dioxide equivalents.

According to leading research, at max, humans can emit 44 billion tons of CO2e in 2020 and 35 billion tons in 2030.

To put these numbers in perceptive if we continue down our current path we will be emitting 70 billion tons by 2030. Secondly, word leaders need to decide upon which countries will get to emit what portion of the annual global budget.

Negotiators will most heavily be influenced by what is fair, feasible and how much technology implemented, or potential be restrained.

Lastly, world leaders need to decide what exactly the financially breakdown is going to be between developed, rapidly developing, and developing countries.

Obviously less developed countries do not have the resources to do this themselves, which is why it is believed the only viable option is for developed countries, that can't reduce their emissions quick enough, to supply developing countries the means to do so.

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Author: Caitlin Martinez

Photo: Bruno C