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_______________ (2004b). World Development Report 2005 A Better Investment Climate for Everyone. Washington, D.C. World Bank and New York Oxford University Press.

A month after the Copenhagen climate conference, it is clear that the world s leaders were unable to translate rhetoric about global warming into action.

World Bank (2004a). Strengthening the foundations for growth and private sector development investment climate and infrastructure development. Report to the Development Committee. Washington, D.C.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been studying the phenomenon since 1988. Twenty two years ago, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was unveiled today, 195 countries have agreed to prevent dangerous global warming by limiting the increase in global temperature to 2⁰C.

As for economic collapse, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that global GDP per capita will increase 14 fold over this century and 24 fold in the developing world.

Climate Project, a combination of carbon taxes especially on coal and continued support for renewable power would enable China to reach its carbon emissions peak in the early to mid 2020s.

HIHR also contacted a professor authoring a book focusing on global warming and the potential impact on Hawaii. HIHR coordinates a presentation on global warming based on United Nations Report on Climate Change for Earth Day 2005 commemorating 35th anniversary. The presentation is aimed at mobilizing Hawaii citizens to understand the impact of sea level rise in our community to relate to experience facing Tuvalu today.

The Peruvian government now has a serious problem. Beyond diminishing Peru s international credibility as a climate champion an image that some members of the government have been attempting to cultivate the law jeopardizes Peru s natural environment and economic growth prospects.

Furthermore, pledges at the Lima conference by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Colombia, Norway, and Peru bring the Green Climate Fund to nearly 10.2 billion. And the impact of climate change is increasingly, though still inadequately, being factored into national and local budgets.

NEW YORK This Friday, in its latest comprehensive assessment of the evidence on global warming, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will show that the world s climate scientists are more certain than ever that human activity largely combustion of fossil fuels is causing temperatures and sea levels to rise.

Even if we remained on our current trajectory, keeping temperatures from rising more than 2º Celsius above pre industrial levels the threshold beyond which the most disruptive consequences of climate change would be triggered would be next to impossible to achieve. As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change s most recent report reinforced, we cannot afford a slowdown in progress.

According to the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, some 90 trillion will need to be spent on infrastructure over the next 15 years, mostly in developing and emerging economies that are experiencing rapid growth and urbanization. If that infrastructure locks in dependence on fossil fuels, it will be very difficult to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases.

They envisioned a host of new initiatives, including issuing so called green bonds and shifting assets to clean energy portfolios. In a particularly important move, the insurance industry, representing 30 trillion in assets and investments, committed to creating a Climate Risk Investment Framework for industry wide adoption by the end of the year.

In 1992, the world s governments adopted the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, promising to avoid dangerous anthropogenic human induced interference in the climate system by reducing the rate of emission of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide. But, though the treaty entered into force in 1994, the rate of emissions of greenhouse gases, including CO2, has actually increased.

Although political leaders are not focused on climate change, a big international event can capture their attention, as the Copenhagen conference did. And next year, when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change begins publishing its latest assessment of the scientific evidence, the prospect of runaway climate change is bound to mobilize civil society.

Sejalan dengan itu, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change memperingatkan bahwa pembangunan infrastruktur dan produk umur panjang yang membawa masyarakat menuju jalur tinggi emisi gas rumah kaca menjadikannya sulit diubah atau terlampau mahal. G 20 sebetulnya telah memasukkan beberapa kriteria terkait dengan lingkungan hidup, iklim, atau sosial ke dalam wish list mega proyek yang harus diserahkan oleh negara negara anggota pada pertemuan di Turki bulan November nanti.