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2 T HE E NVIRONMENT  Managing the Environment  Brief History of Environmental Interest  The Future of the Environment

3 Managing the Environment

4 M ANAGING THE E NVIRONMENT  Transnational Issue  Multifaceted  Ground, water, air quality, ozone layer, global warming  Based on collective goods/ public goods  Global context  Free riders  Tuna  Space junk Space junk

5 Brief History of Environmental Interest

6 B RIEF H ISTORY  Global interest only recent  Postmaterialism  Green Party (1984)  NGOs  IGOs  MNCs

7 B RIEF H ISTORY People  NGOs  World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (1960) Protecting Pandas in China

8 B RIEF H ISTORY People  NGOs  World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (1960)  Earth Day (1970)

9 B RIEF H ISTORY People  NGOs  World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (1960)  Earth Day (1970)  Greenpeace (1971) Rainbow Warrior in China to raise awareness about clean energy and promote a nuclear free future

10 B RIEF H ISTORY People  NGOs  World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (1960)  Earth Day (1970)  Greenpeace (1971)  Earthwatch Institute(1971) Help bring black rhinos back from the brink of extinction.

11 B RIEF H ISTORY : IGO S UN Environment Programme (UNEP)  Started Stockholm 1972 Conference  Montevideo, 1982  Laws  Montreal Protocol (1987): CFCs  Rio de Janeiro, 1992  Earth Summit: Sustainable development  Johannesburg, 2002  Sustainable development  Rio + 20, 2012 Rio + 20  Focus on ‘Green Economy’ Kyoto Protocol (2005)  Climate Change Convention

12 Economic Capital Human Capital Natural Capital Sustainable Development B RIEF H ISTORY : IGO S World Bank  Late 1980s/ early 1990s  Millennium Development Goals  Comprehensive Wealth Accounting  Policy analysis, planning

13 B RIEF H ISTORY : MNC S Eco-consciousness  Consumer demands  Responsible businesses/ products  MNCs  Economic incentive  Eco-practices  Going green v. ‘greenwashing’  Wal-Mart goes green  Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard  ‘Fair Trade’ label  Sustainable development

14 The Future of the Environment

15 T HE F UTURE Approaches  ‘Band-Aid’ solution  Cooperation & conservation  Self-interested actors http://www.bharathtech.com/ 2012_02_01_archive.html

16 http://www.bharathtech.com/2012_02_01_archive.html

17 Recap

18 T HE E NVIRONMENT  Managing the Environmental  Brief History of Environmental Interest  The Future of the Environment


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