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An Agenda for Global Health

Lindsay F. Wiley, JD, MPH; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD

JAMA. 2009;302(11):1218-1220.

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The most important global response to climate change—the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)—is widely seen as a failure. Its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission target (a collective GHG reduction of 5.2% among industrialized countries compared with 1990 levels) was too low to make a significant difference; the treaty exempted highly populous transitional countries such as China and India; and the United States failed to ratify. President Obama has promised a dramatically different path based on steeper GHG reductions and leadership in global governance.¹

The international community is focused principally on mitigation—actions taken to reduce emissions and increase sinks of GHGs to avoid harmful climate change. The Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, and the UNFCCC member states have begun the arduous process of negotiating a new emissions reduction regime, with a basic negotiating text now circulating . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Systemic Health Effects of Climate Change

Author Affiliations: O’Neill Institute for National and Global and Health Law, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Ms Wiley and Dr Gostin).

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