The brief contains summaries of the state of knowledge about climate change, the mechanisms and the effects and of the repercussions for the world of work. It introduces salient features of the present international climate regime such as the UN convention and the Kyoto Protocol and of the current negotiations to arrive at a new global agreement in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Type Briefing note Date issued 15 August 2006 Unit responsible Policy Integration and Statistics Department Subjects environment Download English - pdf 235 KB