Assignment:
Environmental Policy and Globalization
This activity will enable you to:
1. Analyze significant economic questions according to the standards of the economics discipline including in broad subfields of economics, such as applied microeconomics, global and macroeconomics, econometrics, or finance.
2. Identify social arrangements interpreted as unjust and articulate the implications for social policy and action.
Before beginning the discussion, please read the following:
a. Lechner and Boli (Eds.), (2015). The Globalization Reader (5th ed.):
- Introduction to Part XI
- Speech of the IPCC Chairman, Rajendra K. Pachauri, January 23, 2008
b. Bell, M. (2009). An Invitation to Environmental Sociology:
- Environmental Problems and Society
c. View the following video:
- Climate Change: Our Responsibility
Based on these readings and videos, answer the following questions:
- Does the 2007 IPCC report and Chairman Pachauri's speech mean that climate change has been addressed in a meaningful way?
- In your considered assessment, is collective action against the causes of climate change successful? If not, why not?
Readings:
Speech of the IPCC Chairman, Rajendra K.Pachauri, at the opening session of the world Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland
By Rajendra K. Pachauri