‘To what extent are national and sub-national policies more effective than international responses.

A* marked OCR geography 33 mark essay:
**‘To what extent are national and sub-national policies more effective than international responses to climate change?’Discuss **

Climate change is a fundamental threat to poverty, politics and human development as average global temperatures exceed 1oC above the pre-industrialisation period. Due to the detrimental impact of climate change if measures are not in place, there are a variety of policies are responses at different scales to target specific ways to mitigate or adapt to climate change. In order to do this, national and sub-national policies such as the ‘UK Energy Efficiency Policy’ are in place as well as globally, international responses include the constant support given by the IPCC (Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change-containing 195 scientists providing information on climate change) and international treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol. In addition to these larger scale policies and treaties, there are also smaller scale responses to climate change such as California’s zero emissions incentive, Toronto’s own city carbon target and private businesses, such as BP, creating their own greenhouse gases (GHG) target…