POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Developing Country, World Trade Organization, Kyoto Protocol
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Which do we care about: per capita vs. absolute, historical vs. current, production vs. It"s politi(cid:272)al: the de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)s (cid:449)e (cid:373)ake (cid:449)ill ha(cid:448)e diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)es fo(cid:396) different people. Telling the story of the international politics of climate change: 83 second overview of the history of climate politics, the 1980s: 1988, conference in toronto cc scientists explained it was a problem that needs to be dealt with: nations responded through un, set up ipcc to build foundation of info on climate science to inform international negotiations. = politics: science informs politics, science does not determine politics, key initial principles, universal participation, all countries are going to participate in negotiations. Idea taken for granted by negotiators that all countries should participate. Impact: kyoto protocol regarded as biggest failure in international community, countries that stayed in protocol achieved goal of 1990s emissions by 2012 but failed to include major contributors like.
