The International Negotiations Survey is a research program with the aim to advance interdisciplinary knowledge using questionnaire data collected at international negotiations. The International Negotiations Survey team has conducted questionnaire studies since 2007. The database now contains around 9000 responses from delegates to the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), partici­pants in side events, as well as side-event organ­izers. The survey, which is undertaken with the agreement of the UNFCCC Secretariat, has been on-going since the climate change negotiations in Bali 2007. The survey measures individual preferences on a variety of topics at the negotiations, such as the role of non-state actors, leadership, the effectiveness of various solutions to tackle climate change, principles for effort sharing of commitments, and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) by developing countries. It includes a number of questions held constant over time as well as questions that vary from year to year. The dataset thereby offers unique empirical material for understanding attitudes and opinions held by the diverse participants at the international climate change negotiations. Purpose: The International Negotiations Survey (INS) seek to analyse what personal preferences the participants at the UN climate conference have regarding different topics addressed in the negotiations.
Covers issues of environmental degradation, pollution, environmental protection, climate change, flood prevention, soil erosion.
Natural resources are assets such as land, forests, energy sources, water, minerals which exist naturally and can be used for economic production or consumption. Energy resources include fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas or coal, as well as nuclear, solar, tidal and wind or from living organisms that can be replaced.
Covers domesticated, production and wild animals, as well as all types of plants (e.g. flowers, trees, moss, vegetables).
Covers landscapes and elements of land that have not been directly changed by humans.
International politics and organisations
Global governance, diplomacy, foreign policy, relations between countries, international organisations (e.g. the EU, WHO, UN, WTO), and international agreements.
Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
THE WAYS GOVERNING BODIES, BUSINESSES, OTHER ORGANISATIONS, MILITARIES AND CITIZENS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS INTERACT, AND HOW THE EVOLVING DYNAMICS BETWEEN COUNTRIES IMPACT THESE INTERACTIONS.
The external elements and conditions which surround, influence, and affect the life and development of an organism or population.
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS THE TRAPPING OF HEAT IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
Contamination of the air, bodies of water, or land with substances that are harmful to human health and the environment.
The longterm manifestations of WEATHER. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). It may result from natural factors such as changes in the sun's intensity, natural processes within the climate system such as changes in ocean circulation, or human activities.
SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY (RADIATION EXPLOITED FOR SOLAR HEAT) AND SOLAR PHOTO-VOLTAIC FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
THE KINETIC ENERGY OF WIND CONVERTED INTO ELECTRICITY IN WIND TURBINES
THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED FROM THE POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY OF WATER IN HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS (THE ELECTRICITY GENERATED IN PUMPED STORAGE PLANTS IS NOT INCLUDED)