POLSCI 2I03 Lecture Notes - Carbon Credit, Agenda 21, United Nations Environment Programme

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2I03
• Professor: Henry J.Jacek

Document Summary

Covers all material in the class especially week 7-12. You have to answer 5 out of the 7 i. ds. 1992-rio summit earth summit (agenda 21; commission on sustainable. Non legal binding authoritative statement of principles for a global consensus on management conservation and sustainable development of all types of forest . The states in the global north developed at the cost of its forests but did not want the developing states to follow the same route. Technology will be able to allow to find new and innovative ways to protect the environment. Solar panels and wind energy will replace polluting energy. Privatize the environment and enclose the commons. Political will- it will be difficult to convince leaders that there is a global problem that super cedes all other problems. International regimes can create rules that overcome state power and states can be bound treaties.