SUSTAIN 1S03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: World Trade Organization, Electricity Market, Iso 14000
13 Dec 2017
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Government, corporations, individuals who have a set of principles of action . Public policy refers to the legally established policies of a government. Government can be the largest procurers in a country or region. The speed of policy: changes in the market move faster than policy. Political will: action that may be in the face of controversy, against majority public opinion, or even in contradiction to political ideology. 1991: canada-us air quality agreement, committed to reduce cross-boundary air pollution. Mid 1990: ontario hydro was billion in debt. 1999: opened electricity market to sell assets met with strong opposition so coal plants now managed by new opg. 2003: ny attorney general against canada for failing to meet its obligations under the. Political promise by all parties in 2003 election. 50% of coal emissions come from the ohio valley. No one supported shutting down plants because of green house gas emissions.
