Thambiran, TirushaWright, CArcher, Emma RMGarland, Rebecca M2011-10-172011-10-172011-09Thambiran, T, Wright, C et al. 2011. International climate change policy: background and significance of upcoming COP17 meeting for South Africa. Government Digest, Vol 32(2), pp 55-56http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5246Upcoming: 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeCOP17 is primarily a meeting about climate change and what can be done internationally to mitigate climate change. The overarching mitigation goal is to develop a legally binding agreement to control and limit the amount of GHGs that countries would be allowed to emit. Such a goal compromises the key issues as it is the GHGs that are causing man's contribution to climate change.enCOP17Climate changeEnvironmental agreementsAir pollutionInternational climate change policiesArticleThambiran, T., Wright, C., Archer, E. R., & Garland, R. M. (2011). International climate change policy: background and significance of upcoming COP17 meeting for South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5246Thambiran, Tirusha, C Wright, Emma RM Archer, and Rebecca M Garland "International climate change policy: background and significance of upcoming COP17 meeting for South Africa." (2011) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5246Thambiran T, Wright C, Archer ER, Garland RM. International climate change policy: background and significance of upcoming COP17 meeting for South Africa. 2011; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5246.TY - Article AU - Thambiran, Tirusha AU - Wright, C AU - Archer, Emma RM AU - Garland, Rebecca M AB - COP17 is primarily a meeting about climate change and what can be done internationally to mitigate climate change. The overarching mitigation goal is to develop a legally binding agreement to control and limit the amount of GHGs that countries would be allowed to emit. Such a goal compromises the key issues as it is the GHGs that are causing man's contribution to climate change. DA - 2011-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - COP17 KW - Climate change KW - Environmental agreements KW - Air pollution KW - International climate change policies LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 T1 - International climate change policy: background and significance of upcoming COP17 meeting for South Africa TI - International climate change policy: background and significance of upcoming COP17 meeting for South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5246 ER -