ENV222H1 Lecture : last lecture - catch up part 2

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV222H1
• Professor: Mairi Mac Donald

Document Summary

laws established in order to promote consumption of the resource. they have conflicting objectives of making country richer vs saving the environment. difficulty between bodies responsible for narrowly defined issues and those responsible for other departments other basic problems. the us has not played a leadership role in environmental protection. why not? the movement was born in the us in the 1950s. the us has been overtaken by the eu as the global leader. part of it comes from republican governments (bush admin) also the us feels it is separate from the rest of the world. most fundamental: since 2001 the us has been preoccupied w/ military rule. it is a hegemony: it is more concerned about losing control of their lead. the world leader has an inherent interest against strengthening the global governance as it diminishes their own ruling power.