insurance groups, strongly advocates Contraction and Convergence as the best hope for climate negotiations to be saved from irrelevance and deadlock.
He is also a member of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Insurance Industry Initiative.
"In the current cirumstances, the Kyoto Protocol is becoming almost irrelevant. I believe that Contraction and Convergence provides the necessary strategic framework to fully address the problem of climate change. Kyoto is merely a tactical and perhaps impractical attempt to begin to grapple with the issue."
He is also a member of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Insurance Industry Initiative.
"In the current cirumstances, the Kyoto Protocol is becoming almost irrelevant. I believe that Contraction and Convergence provides the necessary strategic framework to fully address the problem of climate change. Kyoto is merely a tactical and perhaps impractical attempt to begin to grapple with the issue."
He firmly believes that Contraction and Convergence has the ability to resolve issues of the environmental integrity of the Protocol, the use of flexibility mechanisms, and developing country participation.
Aubrey Meyer (Photo above), the author of the seminal book, Contraction and Convergence; The Global Solution to Climate Change, strongly concurs. He also developed the book's accompanying chart projections.
In 1998 he won the Andrew Lees Memorial Award, with the following citation: "Aubrey Meyer, almost single-handedly and with minimal resources,
Aubrey Meyer (Photo above), the author of the seminal book, Contraction and Convergence; The Global Solution to Climate Change, strongly concurs. He also developed the book's accompanying chart projections.
In 1998 he won the Andrew Lees Memorial Award, with the following citation: "Aubrey Meyer, almost single-handedly and with minimal resources,
has made an extraordinay impact on the negotiations on the Climate Change Treaty, one of the most important of our time, through his campaign for a goal of equal per capita emissions, which is now the official negotiating position of many governments and is gaining acceptance in developed and developing countries alike."
In 2000 he received the Schumacher Award for the continuation of these efforts.
The model he has developed can be explained as:
" * Contraction of CO2 output - imperative if climate change is to be addressed.
* Convergence over time towards equal per capita
In 2000 he received the Schumacher Award for the continuation of these efforts.
The model he has developed can be explained as:
" * Contraction of CO2 output - imperative if climate change is to be addressed.
* Convergence over time towards equal per capita