POL101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Greenpeace, International Energy Agency, The Climate Group
Document Summary
Multiple scales of political decision making involved. The fragmented and blurred roles of state and non-state actors. The nature of many of the processes that lead to emissions of ghg in everyday processes of production and consumption. For some, the global nature of the problem comes from the physical nature of the problem. No country can tackle climate change alone. States are the primary participants in international institutions and have the authority to. Emissions of ghg in one place at one time can have impacts which stretch over time sign up to international accords and space in complex ways. Approach: consider the global processes through which emissions of ghg are generated. Signal a very different geography of responsibility. Suggests that multinational corporations and consumers had a more significant role to play in reducing ghg emissions than the countries in which particular goods were produced.
