Economic
Growth, the Environment and the
Future of Civilization
Key
Terms
1)
Population Explosion
2)
Climate Change (Global Warming)
3)
Carbon Emissions per Capita
4)
Silent Spring
5)
The Ozone Hole
6)
Rio Earth Summit
7)
Kyoto Treaty
I. Economic
Growth, Population, and the Environment
á Standard of Living and
Environmental Impact
á Global
Climate Change (Global Warming) and CO2
Emissions (PPM,
c.2+ annually)
á Carbon Emissions Per
Capita (tons): Living on One Ton of Carbon or Less Per Year
|
United States |
19.5t |
China |
5.0t |
|
Canada |
17.4 |
Vietnam |
1.2 |
|
Germany |
9.6 |
India |
1.1 |
|
France |
5.1 |
Pakistan |
.9 |
|
Sweden |
5.1 |
Nigeria |
.7 |
|
480m people |
|
2.8b people |
|
á Poverty Ending,
Prosperity Creating Growth = More CO2 Emissions
II.
The Emergence of an Environmental Consciousness
á Early Critics of
Industrialization: The Romantics
á Early 20th-Century
Conservationism: Theodore Roosevelt
á The 1960s and
Environmental Awareness
o Rachel
Carson Silent
Spring (1962)
o Paul EhrlichÕs The Population Bomb (1968)
o Donnella Meadows et al, The Limits of Growth (1972)
á ÒEarth DayÓ (April 22,
1970)
á
The Discovery of the Ozone Hole (1985)
III.
The Emergence of Environmental Policy
Domestic
Policies
á The Air Pollution Act
(1955), The Clean Air Act (1963), Clean Water Act (1972)
á
The Environmental Protection Agency
(1970)
á
Love Canal (1976) and Superfund (1980)
á
Green Politics and Parties in Europe
International
Action
á United Nations
Conference on the Human Environment (1972)
á The Ozone
Hole and The Montreal Protocol (1987)
á The Rio ÒEarth SummitÓ
(1992) and the Convention on Climate Change
á The Kyoto Protocol
(1997/2005): Goals and Failure
á 2007 Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report
á UN Climate Change Conference (December 7-18,
2009)
The
Challenge: Sustainable Economic Growth – Is it Possible in a Carbon-Based
Economy? Is it Possible at All?