POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Classical Liberalism, Market Failure, 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 1G06
• Professor: Todd Alway

Document Summary

Political science 1g06 2013 lecture 7a the politics of the environment. According to many commentators, the earth is currently experiencing multiple environmental crises: Ozone depletion- thinning over the course of the past fifty year, cause is man made- cfc (chloroform carbons) Human activity has been identified as a primary cause of these environmental crises: Linear constant amount being added year after year. Geometric (exponential) growth- constant proportion being added every year. By 2050 between 8 and 11b people in the world. Environmental issues are political issues, not merely scientific issues: definitively a political issue. Population growth is not even throughout the world. 86% of global population growth is concentrated in the underdeveloped world. Northern tendency to blame the south for over-procreating. By contrast, many developing country governments have noted a correlation between high birth rates and poverty: environmental agreements are also political issues: Lower poverty and you will lower birth rates.