NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kyoto Protocol, Hierarchy, Simple Living
3 Mar 2016
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Lecture notes cultural theory and policy responses to climate change. One"s view on how serious a problem cc is, is depicted by one"s views about nature and society"s relationship to it. Cultural theory groups: nature is : unpredictable fatalist: elements beyond control, infrastructure hard to change, unintended consequences, people/economy are more important than nature and we"ll never learn. The present is what matter: fragile egalitarian: we are screwed of we don"t change our ways, Kyoto protocol wasted time, and it is cheaper to change out ways now than later. Economic outlooks have to be balanced w/ environment. Clicker q: a clumsy" institution is one that does not exclude or reject any of the different frames and seeks (polite) arguments between different viewpoints to stimulate better policymaking. Grid scale: how many rules a society has. Group scale: how much you have to deal with other people. What each group considers as evidence differs.
