SOCI 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Environmental Policy, Malik, Sept
20 Apr 2017
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Weather: state of atmosphere at a given time. Ozone hole from cfcs (cfcs phased out in international treaty) Climate change from co2, increases the greenhouse e ect. Terminology: weather: global climate change/rapid climate change/global warming, climate vs. Eco-modernization development, and a new ethos of capitalism. Inequalities of energy use and emissions: conventional measurement: co2 per capita per nation-state limited measurement proposed measurement: by use type, wealth inequality, and geography across borders. Two main issues of the energy transition: the historical periods where dominant types of energy transition into other dominant types of energy world. Decoupling energy use from economic development in the developed: addressing energy poverty in the developing world. Energy poverty: how will it be addressed? micro grid using fossil fuels. Individual: what to do to help the environment and being more sustainable choice/ agency empowerment. 3 r"s transportation talk to each other voting consumption: money.
