PSC 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Kyoto Protocol, Malnutrition, Acid Rain
4 Nov 2015
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Quiz #6 (makeup) list of terms chapters 11 and 12. When common areas are depleted due to people"s lack of effective cooperation. Options to solve this include converting to private ownership or having government regulation or international regimes in place to watch the area. The splitting of a common area or good into privately owned pieces, giving individuals incentive to manage the resource responsibly to maximize its use. Shared parts of the earth; oceans and outer space. Day organized in the 1970s by environmentalists that began the global discussion on environmental issues and conservation. Economic growth that doesn"t deplete resources and destroy ecosystems so quickly that economic growth is eventually hurt. Established the commission on sustainable development which monitors state"s compliance to the guidelines agreed to at the summit and listens to evidence from environmental ngos like greenpeace. Doesn"t actually have enforcement authorities, but publicly reports on states shame.
