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Światowe porozumienie klimatyczne a rozwój obszarów wiejskich
GLOBAL CLIMATE AGREEMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Katarzyna Bańkowska
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; COP21; Common Agricultural Policy; climate change initiatives; energy and climate policy

Summary/Abstract: The increasing frequency of extreme weather anomalies is an impulse to furtherdebate on how to adapt the economy and society to the impacts of climate change. Theobjective of this article is to present the global climate policy framework and relatedchal lenges for rural development. The article discusses documents which contain theresults of negotiations carried out during Climate Summits held in the period 1992–2015.Socio-economic background of the climate agreements was characterized based on the dataof the World Bank, Eurostat and Central Statistical Office (GUS). An analysis of literaturetogether with the Authors’ expertise were the sources of arguments regarding the future ofrural areas in the reality of the global climate policy tightening.

  • Issue Year: 170/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-103
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish