POL 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Rio Declaration On Environment And Development, Agenda 21
15 Dec 2017
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Technology contributes to population growth ie advances in medicine. Envirment and issue because our economy over past 200 years have been based on the burning of fossil fuels ie transportation systems, produce products, hear/cool our homes, create electricitiy- essentially the basis of our existence. Battles of who own the oil under the land, iraq and koaqate. Canada ranked 9th for global emissions in the world. Emissions per capita base, usa is #1, australia #2, saudi arabia #3, canada #4, Scientist have been talking about global warming since 1980"s but accerlatate in conference that happened in rio degario in 1982. When they issued their first report, stated for first time: global trends are unlikely to be due to nature causes. Very guarded wording, thinking as to what caused this, 2 sides: those who beilve temp going up because nature cycles, cold/ hot cycle (we are in warming cycle now) Those who say that humans have a huge influence on global heating.
