Global Warming

The last decade, 1990-2000, was the warmest decade on record; 1998 was the
warmest recorded year, and it seems inarguable that global warming should be a very large
concern. All the nations of the world must work together if we are to successfully address
the problem of global warming. It is imperative that we reach a global accord on the
methodology quickly, for the longer we wait the worse the problem becomes.
Currently the future of such initiatives looks dim. While the UN has created
several programs to deal with Global Warming, many have been ignored by member
countries. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has successfully
evaluated the problem of global warming, but was not designed to actively aid solutions,
merely to suggest them. The Framework Convention on Climate Change (issued by the
Rio Summit of 1992) has failed to produce any real results in the effort to reduce global
warming, and the Kyoto Protocol of 1999 was severely crippled by the withdr...