Climate Change Flashcards
Who wrote silent spring in 1962?
Rachel Carlson
Who wrote “The Tragedy of the Commons” in 1968?
Gerret Hardin
What are the two solutions to the tragedy of the commons?
- Collective management
2. Abandon the idea of common land and divide up the green into individual holdings
When was the first int’l environment conference held?
Stockholm in 1972
What did the 1992 Rio Conference do to make its targets more fare?
It set different targets for the developed and less developed world.
What is the UNFCCC?
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
When was the Kyoto protocol agreed?
1997
What was the main target of the Kyoto protocol?
37 industrialized countries and EU members
reduce emissions by 5% by 2012
against 1990 levels
What school of IR was shook up most by the oil crisis?
Realism
Placed huge value in mil power yet W punished economically by OPEC
What did the Carter Doctrine do?
Emphasised the importance of resources in distant lands into the calculations of US national interest.
What did Homer-Dixon say contribute to violent conflict in the world in the mid 90s?
- Resource Capture
2. Ecological marginalisation
What is resource capture?
When elites with a state respond to falls in supply or rises in demand by buying up resources.
What is ecological marginalisation?
Where population growth or changes in access to resources produces over-exploitation of resources in certain areas.
Which region is most threatened by future migration?
South Asia - due to river and sea flooding
How much of Nigeria turns to deserts every year?
1300 Square miles
