International Response to Climate Change Archives
International Response to Climate Change

09/22/2014: IBA urged reform to climate change justice structures to protect human rights

09/17/2014: Report proposed recognizing land rights of locals could be cost-effective protection for tropical forests

06/08/2014: UN called for protection of the oceans on World Oceans Day

06/02/2014: EPA proposed plan to reduce carbon emissions

11/26/2013: New Zealand judge rejected refugee status based on climate change

11/01/2013: Obama administration established climate change task force

06/05/2012: Mexico president signed climate change bill

12/12/2011: Canada withdrew from Kyoto protocol on climate change

12/11/2011: UN climate change conference produced commitment to negotiate legally-binding initiatives

07/20/2011: Security Council declared global warming a threat to international security

THIS DAY @ LAW

No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

USSR established

On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.