POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Kyoto Protocol, Anthropocentrism, Collective Action
27 Oct 2018
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What can political science add to the conversation. Extremely likely due to the observed increase in anthropocentric greenhouse gas concentrations. Light green environmentalists and the problem of public goods . Can support 100 cows and be able to regenerate itself. Any policy solution to environmental problems must confront the reality of federalism: formal political power stops at the border; environmental effects do not. Collective action problem of global proportions: international environmental agreements are often striated by political disagreement between rich and poor states. Greenhouse warming: the global context: polluter pays, common but differentiated responsibility, no redirection of aid.
