POL SCI 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Global Governance, Clean Development Mechanism, Ozone Layer
4 Nov 2016
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More issues & actors on international agenda. No fundamental change is occurring (neoealist argument) Significant change in terms of number of actors & sources they have to drawn on. But it"s not about the importance/withering of states. More dense web of actors & information than used to be. Weak states are more constrained than powerful ones. The perceived importance of the environment has increased recently. 1992: turning point at the rio conference on sustainable development (ie. economic growth that won"t damage the environment in the long term) Largest gathering of world leaders in history. Large poor countries promised to develop along cleaners lines, even at some economic cost to their growth. Rich/developed countries promised to aid them with money and technology. Sustainable environment is a common good (= good that everyone can get regardless of contribution) National governments can enforce rules in common good or punish free riders. In general, states have tried solving collective good problems through international agreements.
