The Crisis of Global Envrionmental Governance (park et al) Flashcards
which president saw inaction and rollback of environmental matters
bush
how can the Kyoto agreement be described
sporadic and uneven
which paper said that modern environmentalism is no longer capable of dealing with the worlds most serios ecological crisis of global warming
The Death of Environmentalism
what did bill McKibben say about the US
they have wasted the last 15 years since climate change emerged as a real problem
when was the first environmental conference
1972 UN conference on the Human environment in stockholm
What was the dream of rio
Southern governments implemented policy reforms with the help of northern governments
What is the first reason why governments have been unable to react to rio
Underestimation of industrial development, technological change and economic globalisation
What is the second reason why governments have been unable to react to rio
Lack of understanding of environmental development in which development is limited by environmental legislation
What is the third reason why governments have been unable to react to rio
State centric view of the political blueprint
What political school of thought stopped rio developing as it should
Neo liberalism
What was the incentive to practice environmental approaches
Monetary rewards rather than deep rooted belief in the cause
Why are the contemporary issues of environmentalism not working
Global environmental politics has been subject to market disciplines and market based solutions
What is the international side of environmentalism linked to
Financial and techno management support rather than national projects such as coastlines wetlands and forests
Why can’t states often access local projects
They lack the uncontested authority
By 2002 what had the major economic shift been towards
Globalisation
