TheEnvironmentGlobalWarming.ppt

TheEnvironment:******@,globalwarmingloomsinmanypeople’IssuesabouttheenvironmentaffectusinoureverydaylivesVirtuallyallenvironmentalissuesarelinkedtothedynamicsofglobalizedpoliticalandeconomicprocesses2TheGreenhouseEffectJosephFourier,Frenchphysicist,theorised1827theearth’satmosphereactsliketheglassofaplant-breeder’shothouseMan-ountforjustunder4%ofallgreenhousegasesGlaciersofthelastice-ageweretriggeredbyafalloftwodegreesCintheaveragesummertemperaturearound115,o-operationandDevelopment)mons(munity)Annex1nationsAnnex1ExpertGroupIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange():agroupofscientistswhopresentpolicyoptionsontheenvironment4EnvironmentalAwarenessInthe60sinternationalconcernaboutpreservationofthenaturalenvironmentrapidlydevelopedCarson,Rachel(1962)SilentSpringInthe70sinternationalenvironmentalpoliticsmaturedfurther,andGreenmovements,environmentalandindustrialNGOs,anisationsbecamekeyactorsinenvironmentalpolitics5TheStockholmConference1972UNConferenceontheHumanEnvironmentheldinStockholm1972Establishedtheprinciplesforfurtherdevelopmentofinternationalresponsestotrans-monHeritageofMankind–monresourcesshouldbecollectivelymanagedandpreservedUNEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP)missiononEnvironmentandDevelopmentChairedbyGroHarlemBrundtland,whopromotedtheconceptof,‘Sustainabledevelopment’–considerslongtermimplicationsinourdecisions,andgivesequalweighttoenvironmental,socialandeconomicdimensionsofdevelopment71992,thespiritofRioSinceRio,politicalprocesseshavelinkedissuesofdevelopmentandenvironmentandthecontestednotionofsustainabledevelopmentDominanceofG8nationstatesSouthernnationsoftenlackinternationalattentionandfundingAnytreatyislikelytosetnationalorregionallimitstothereleaseofCO2,thechiefsuspectinanyglobalwarming8Consequencesofchange?CO2isalsoaninevitableby-productofburningfuels–coal,oilandnaturalgas–fortableexistencesinordertoconsumelessenergyDevelopingcountries,tryingtoenrichtheirlivesmightseetheirownaspirationscon