Global Commons Institute

Global Commons Institute

The Global Commons Institute was founded in the United Kingdom in 1990 by Aubrey Meyer and others to campaign for a fair way to tackle climate change.

It has in particular promoted the model of Contraction and Convergence of CO2 emissions as a means to tackle climate change. [http://www.gci.org.uk Global Commons Institute] ] Many of the founders and signatories to the first statement in favour of contraction and convergence were members of the Green Party.http://www.gci.org.uk/signon/OrigStatement2.pdf Original statement]

ee also

*Jim Berreen

References

External links

* [http://www.gci.org.uk/ Global Commons Institute]


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