8.0. Climate Change, Populations, and Global Politics Learning objectives: –Familiar with environmental issues in global politics –Understand the nature of anthropogenic climate change –Familiar with the current and projected climate change impacts

8.0. Climate Change, Populations, and Global Politics The Tragedy of the Commons?

8.1. The Environment and Global Politics Thinking about the environment

8.1. The Environment and Global Politics The Issues –Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) –Global Environmental Outlook 4 (2007)

The Issues Climate Change

The Issues Biodiversity Loss and Habitat Destruction

The Issues Land stress

The Issues Ocean Stress

The Issues Fresh Water Stress

The Issues Pollution

The Issues Energy Consumption

The Issues Demographics

8.1. The Environment and Global Politics Growing Awareness –1960s –UN Conference on Human Environment (1972) –Ozone layer hole –Brundtland Commission Report (1987) –Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1988) –Rio (Earth) Summit (1992) –Millennium Ecosystem Report (2005) –Global Environmental Outlook (2007)

8.2. Climate Change The nature of Climate Change

8.2. Climate Change Consequences

Summary At the end of this lecture, you should be able to identify the key issues in global environmental politics, and describe their significance. You should also be familiar with the nature of climate change and the “global warming” phenomenon. You should also be able to describe the significance of the current and projected impact of climate change on the natural and human world.