1. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. AP Environmental Science Mr. Grant Lesson 16 Environmental Policy: Decision Making And Problem Solving Approaches to Environmental Policy & International Environmental Policy

2. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Objectives: Define the term World Trade Organization (WTO). List the institutions involved with international environmental policy and describe how nations handle transboundary issues. Categorize the three different approaches to environmental policy. TED - Can the interests of an individual nation be reconciled with humanity's greater good? Can a patriotic, nationally elected politician really give people in other countries equal consideration? Following his TED talk calling for a global ethic, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown fields questions from TED Curator Chris Anderson.

3. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Define the term World Trade Organization (WTO). World Trade Organization (WTO) - Organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, that represents multinational corporations and promotes free trade by reducing obstacles to international commerce and enforcing fairness among nations in trading practices.

4. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. International law includes customary law and conventional law

5. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Conventional law examples

6. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. International law includes customary law and conventional law, con’t

7. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Several organizations shape international environmental policy

8. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The World Bank and European Union

9. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. The World Trade Organization and NGOs

10. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. International institutions wield influence in a globalized world

11. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Approaches to Environmental Policy

12. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Conflicts can be addressed in court Boomer v. Atlantic Cement Company

13. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Command-and-control policy has improved our lives

14. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Economic tools can help achieve policy goals

15. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Economic tools can help achieve policy goals, con’t Green taxes

16. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Subsidies promote certain activities

17. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Subsidies promote certain activities Environmentally harmful subsidies

18. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Subsidies promote certain activities, con’t Environmentally harmful subsidies The U.S. Forest Service spends $35 million of taxpayer money/year building roads for logging companies

19. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. We can harness market dynamics to promote sustainability Ecolabeling Emissions trading system

20. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Permit trading can save money and produce results Cap-and-trade

21. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Permit trading can save money and produce results, con’t A cap-and-trade system in the United States mandates lower sulfur dioxide emissions

22. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Market incentives also operate at the local level

23. © 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. TED Video Gordon Brown on global ethic vs. national interest (17:10) Britain's former prime minister Gordon Brown played a key role in shaping the G20 nations' response to the world's financial crisis, and was a powerful advocate for a coordinated global response to problems such as climate change, poverty and social justice. Can the interests of an individual nation be reconciled with humanity's greater good? Can a patriotic, nationally elected politician really give people in other countries equal consideration?