SUSTAIN 1S03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: British Antarctic Survey, Montreal Protocol, Electricity Market
29 Jan 2020
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Policies are principles of action, government corporations individuals. Public policy-legally established policies of government private interest, international organizations, lower gov levels influence. Public policy-sanction based- incentive or restriction-financial or permit based. Government are the largest procurers in a country- city of hamilton- 4 billion, ontario- 158 billion, federal- 338 billion. Types of measures- financial, taxation, legal and regulatory, educational, procurement, information networks, public enterprise, public service, scientific/technical, commercial(trade agreement tariffs) Speed of policy- changes in the market move faster than policy (uber airbnb) Political will- to take action that may be in the face of controversy, against public opinion and against political ideology. Opposite of political will- nimtoo (not in my term of office or backyard) Coal phase out in ontario , 1991 canada us air quality agreement to reduce pollution. Adams mine act- 15 year project to turn dofasco mine (8000 acres) to toronto landfill, starts in.
