POLA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hegemony, Precautionary Principle, Nationstates
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Climate science (basics) science of cc: what we know/ don"t know. Broad term for ramifications of global warming. Possible changes; altered precipitation and drought patterns, changing storm frequencies and strengths, transformed seasons, incidences of extreme heat/ cold, rising sea levels, melping glaciers, migration/ extinctions, altered disease trajectories. When gases are increased, more is released and causes climate change: storm frequencies, wet->dry, dry-> wet, seasonal changes. Universal participation everyone needs to participate all states are going to play a role negotiation of regimes. Cbdr common but differentiated responsibilities: everyone is responsible but at different levels. Collective action governments solve collective action problems: taxes, no world government to ensure everyone pays collective action problem. Why does it matter in this discussion: independence/ non-interference, military force (monopoly) (states have, rule over territory, no authority above nation states. Eu is the closest thing to it: fundamental difference between domestic and international politics. Sets the parameters of a international collective response.
