ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ocean Acidification, Radiative Forcing, Planetary Boundaries

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

Document Summary

3 major events happening to the ocean. 8m metric tons: 5 plastic bags full of plastic bag for every foot of coastline. Halifax g7 meeting to promote ocean plastic charter, says environment minister. Difference between energy radiating down on the planet and the energy radiating back out to space. Human driven changes to radiative forcing include all anthropogenic factors. Sharper ( the poor bears the burdens and option for the poor) Where to locate toxic site places where people are vulnerable. United church of christ commission for racial justice. Racism/ inequality: where disproportionate burdens/ stress from env factors are placed on minority groups. Justice: fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of color, national origin or income. Hazardous waste facilities predominantly found in neighborhood where. It is a critique that developmentalism and capitalism cannot stimulate economic without producing poverty. E. g. when one person becomes better off, there is another that compromised.