Climate+Change+and+Kyoto+Protocol

(1) TOPIC GUIDES
//Below you will find links to the topics that will be discussed in the UNEP.//

(2) COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION
Download this document to learn more about how the UNEP operates.

(3) VIDEO GUIDES
For a brief overview on the history of climate change by the Royal Society, click [|here!] To learn more about Climate change negotiations, click here. To learn more about the history of the Kyoto Protocol, click here. Want to learn even more about what the Kyoto Protocol? Click [|here!] To learn more about the 2012 Doha Climate conference and the disucssion to the extend the Kyoto Protocol, click [|here.] Want to learn more about what you can do about climate change? Click [|here!] To learn more about emissions trading and carbon units, click [|here.]

(4) LINKS TO NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)
Pew Center on Global Climate Change World Wildlife Fund [|United States Environmental Protection Agency] United Nations Environmental Programme

(5) PRIMARY SOURCES
[|Kyoto Protocol] [|Doha Climate Conference]

**(6) COUNTRY RESEARCH**

Afghanistan
Hydrate Life, 2012, [|Afghanistan's Water Crisis] Outlook Afghanistan, 2016, [|Kabul Facing Sever Water Crisis] NY Times, 2015, [|Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis]

Angola
USAID, [|Angola Water and Sanitation Profile] Mail & Guardian, 2011, [|Water everywhere in Angola, but few places to drink]

Australia
The Conversation, 2015, [|The role of water in Australia’s uncertain future] The Conversation, 2016, [|It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene]

**Canada**
Rights Watch, 2016, [|Canada: Water Crisis Puts First Nations Families at Risk] The Huffington Post Canada, 2016, [|Canada First Nations Water Issues Need To Be Fixed: UN]

China
NY Times, 2016, [|Rural Water, Not City Smog, May Be China’s Pollution Nightmare] International Business Times, 2015, [|China announces ambitious plan to clean up its water, close down polluting factories]

Estonia
News ERR, 2015, [|Estonians breathe cleaner air but sea water pollution remains a problem] Estonia World, 2016, [|Estonia is among the 10 greenest countries in the world]

France
The Local fr, 2014, [|Tap water 'polluted' for 1.5 million in France] France Diplomatie, 2013, [|France and the right to water and Sanitation]

**India**
UNICEF, [|Water, Environment and Sanitation] NY Times, 2013, [|Rains or Not, India Is Falling Short on Drinkable Water]

**Japan**
Niponica, 2015,[|Japan, Land of Water: A Marriage of Technology and Water] NY Times, 2016, [|Fukushima Keeps Fighting Radioactive Tide 5 Years After Disaster]

NY Times, 2015, [|Starved for Energy, Pakistan Braces for a Water Crisis] The New International, 2015, [|38.5m people have no access to safe drinking water in Pakistan]
 * Pakistan**

BBC, 2014, [|Russia fears Crimea water shortage as supply drops] Russian Water Association, [|Russian water sector]
 * Russia **

African Business, 2015, [|South Africa’s dirty water crisis] Brand South Africa, 2015, [|South Africa tackles water issues]
 * South Africa**

The Guardian,
 * United Kingdom**

CNBC, 2016, [|America's water crisis goes beyond Flint, Michigan] NY Times 2016, [|For These Americans, Clean Water Is a Luxury]
 * United States **

**Venezuela** The Conversation, 2016, [|Venezuela: how a water crisis brought an entire country to its knees] NY Times, 2016, [|Hundreds Wait Long Hours For Free, Clean Water in Caracas]

Brazil
The World Bank, 2016, [|Brazil may be the Owner of 20% of the World’s Water Supply but it is still Very Thirsty] The Atlantic, 2016, [|What Happens When There’s Sewage in the Water?]

Ethiopia
USAID, [|Ethiopia: Water] MSNBC, 2013, [|Women in Ethiopia struggle to survive without water]

Italy
Research Italy, 2015, [|Italian water? One of the best in the world, though…]

Mexico
Mexperience, 2016, [|Drinking Water in Mexico] The Guardian, 2016, [|Mexico City's Water Crisis- from source to sewer]

Nepal
The Diplomat, 2015, [|Addressing Nepal's Water Crisis] UN Dispatch, 2016, [|One year after the Nepal earthquake, clean water is still in short supply]

Syria
UNICEF, 2013, [|Running dry: Water and sanitation crisis threatens Syrian children] CNN, 2017, [|Water is the latest battleground in Syria]

Ukraine
UNICEF, [|Ukraine Water and Sanitation] UNICEF, 2015, [|In eastern Ukraine, water shortage puts babies and mothers at risk]