Lectures on environmental policy (for sustainable society) Edited by Takao Sasaki Hokkaido University Press ( not on sale) 205 pp, 2014 Contributers 1)Takao Sasaki 2)Shinichi Arai 3)Ken-ichi Nakamura 4)Kazuto Suzuki 5)Fumikazu Yoshida

Introduction 1. Earth as the object of Human Activities Destruction of environments Wealth (Goods and Services) “Free” goods and services Environmental Policy ConsumptionProduction Human well- beings Earth Economic Human Activities

Introduction 2. Traces of economic prosperities ~10000BP agriculture starts Population 10M(?) 2000BP Population 225M(467) 1000BP Population 267M(453) 300BP Population 603M(566) 150~200BP Indus. Era Population 1100M(~700) 2006AD(now) Population 6540M(7238) ( ) DGP per capita Exponential growth era begins!

Introduction 3. Emergence of environmental problem Exponential growth Pros: economic prosperity and improvement of human life Cons: emission, waste, man-made chemicals creates minus effects London smog 700 killed in killed in 1952 Ashio cupper mine wiped out entire Yanaka village in 1900 Artificial chemicals affects ecosystem and us.

Introduction 4.The advents of Limits of Growth Since Malthus (1798), people feared for stopping growth because of limitation of available resource. But, Technological innovation has pushed limitation of resources for growth, However, ………………….

Drs Dennis & Donnela Meadows The third warning! “Resource limitation causes collapse”

1987 “Our Common Future” Dr. Brundtland WCED report –Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs Inter-regional(national), -generational equity is a key for sustainability development (SD).

1992 Rio Agenda 21 COP meetings ( 締約国会議） Millennium development Goals DESD Decade education for sustainable development 1987 Brundtland WCED report 2012~ Future Earth(2015~)