ENSC 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Environmental Policy, Precautionary Principle, Perfect Competition

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ENSC 310
• Professor: John Andrew

Document Summary

Short answer: 48 marks define and explain the significance of any 6 of 8 of the terms or concepts each question worth 8 marks. Essay questions: 52 marks answer any 2 or 3 of the questions each worth 26 marks. A-environmental and social uncertainty, rate based emissions permit trading, precautionary principle. B-discuss the role of the judiciary in the evolution of environmental policy in canada over the past several decades. Various approaches on flood mitigation and the challenges it faces (page and a half for the essay) (half a page for short answer) Each permit shows how much pollution one can emit (all different scales, individuals, companies, provinces) also shows over a certain amount of time. Market based instruments: effluent taxes, subsidies, tradeable permits, bubbles, offsets. Their history of emitting would determine how many permits the government would give them. Defining the amount of emissions allowed to go into the air every year.