BIOC58H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8.docx
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Club of rome- discuss the present and future predicament of humans. Argued that human population growth and per capita resource consumption cant continue to increase indefinitely. So that if were to avoid some sort of collapse then entirely new approaches are required to redirect society towards goals of equilibrium rather then growth. World climate conference (1979)- co2 is most urgent problem. World conservation strategy: combine of wwf, iucn, unep, 3 core principles. Maintain ecological processes and life support systems. Ensure sustainable utilization of species and ecosystems. The brundtland, world commission on environment and development report- first body to produce an international enviro and development report that had real political credibililty. The brundtland report, called our common future, was a synthesis of both the world. The kyoto protocol established 3 flexible mechanisms to achieving mechanism reduction. Joint implementation, clean development mechanism, international emissions trading: problem is enthusiasm of individual nations for it diffes, manage fossil carbon emissions.
