1. Globalization & the Environment

2. Common good, collective good  Free riders  Tragedy of the commons  Space junk Brief History  1970s  Post-materialism era ¤ Global Environment

3.  1960  World Wildlife Fund  1970s  Earth Day  Greenpeace  Earthwatch Institute ¤ NGOs

4.  UN Environment Programme (UNEP)  1 st met 1972  Most recent- Rio + 20 - 2012  Convention in Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) - 1973  UN Convention on the Law of the Sea- 1982  UN Framework Convention on Climate Change- 1992  Kyoto Protocol- 1997  World Bank  Millennium Development Goals ¤ IGOs

5.  Eco-consciousness  Economic incentive  Eco-practices  Going green v. ‘greenwashing’  ‘Fair trade’ label ¤ MNCs

6. 1)Population growth  World population clock World population clock 2)Consumption patterns  Energy  Calories  Raw materials ¤ Steger’s 2 Main Problems

7. Energy http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/06/oil-consumption-around-the-world/

8. Calories http://www.huffingtonpost.com/princess-haya-bint-al-hussein/mapping-starvation-and-th_b_357352.html

9. Raw Materials http://www.siemens.com/innovation/apps/pof_microsite/_pof-fall-2011/_html_en/facts-and-forecasts-decoupling-raw-materials-consumption-from-economic-growth.html

10. Q: What political factors affect the environment?  Sovereignty  State policies  Intermestic issue- Singapore SmogSingapore Smog  Incentives for cooperation  IGOs  Int’l law  Montreal v. Kyoto ¤ Steger’s 2 Main Problems

11. Q: What economic factors affect the environment?  Neoliberal Economic Model  Need new markets, export capital  Consumerism  Industrial Revolution  GN usage  see chart ¤ Steger’s 2 Main Problems

12. Consumption -Resource usage is unsustainable -Humans are depleting resources too quickly

13. What cultural norms affect the environment?  Eating habits  Family size  Values  Religious  Political ¤ Culture

14.  Food crises  Loss of biodiversity  Pollution  Climate change  Undermines GS development ¤ Repercussions of Human Activity

15. Approaches  Ignore issue  ‘Band-aid’ fix  Cooperation, conservation  States ¤ The Future