POLB90H3 Lecture : Week 7
Document Summary
Rachel carson (1969), the silent spring, (insecticide ddt) 1970s and 1980s, a choice between environment and economic growth. 1987: brundtland commission, reorienting economic activity and respecting environmental limits. y sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Central criticism y environmental sides: lets sustain the natural environment, not development. y development activists: crude attempt to impose a northern environmental agenda on the south. Mainstream view: sustainable development can be promoted by better resource management and by using market mechanisms. y natural capital/ environmental assets. Kyoto protocol: global contact drafted in 1997 that binds signatories to reduce their emissions of 6 greenhouse gases by 2012 to 5. 2% below their 1990 levels. Alternative human-rights view: sustainable development can be achieved through local, participatory process of environmental management. y self-reliance and small-scale development.
