INTA 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Emissions Trading, World Wide Fund For Nature, Clean Development Mechanism
12 Feb 2013
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Carrying capacity: the maximum level of resource exploitation earth can handle. Ecological footprint: the land and water resources required to maintain a requisite standard of living: requisite standard of living: the standard of living relative to each nation"s resources. Resource acquisition and use is an international issue. Things like acid rain, pollution, etc. don"t have political borders. Creation of ngos and silent spring (1962) Joined together conservationist and antipollution agendas: damage to human, animal and birdlife by industrial pesticides like ddt. Failure of political parties to handle environmental disasters: friends of earth, greenpeace, world wildlife fund for nature, ngos were a developed world phenomenon. Earth temperature: projected to rise about 4 11 degrees by 2099 if no attempts are made to curb it. Second unfccc cop in kyoto (1997: kyoto protocol, set control measures for emissions, commitment for an average of 5. 2% reduction in emissions by developed states, 3 mechanisms for reduction.
