Imperative 08: A major part of 1st World funds should finance clean and green mega co-op projects in the 3rd World!
Since 1800s, scientists had been warning humanity about the dangers of global warming. It was however only in 1992 when representatives of 170 governments and corporate leaders met and agreed on world-scale coordinated action thru the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol. T he Protocol required signatory countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions according to agreed upon tonnage levels. Tonnages were based on a world target: 1.5 deg.C rise above pre-industrial rate. Large pollution-emitting industries were allowed certain volumes of greenhouse gas emissions. Their excess emissions were to be neutralized thru their purchase of carbon credit certificates issued by businesses which managed to reduce their emissions to less than their required levels. Concurrently, the Protocol encouraged companies in less-developed countries to create carbon-absorbing forests, set up biogas power plants, wind farms, hydropower facilities and other carbon-red