global environmental politics

at the end of 20 century, the most prominent issue was the issue of environmental globally. its realized that the matter and the impacts of environmental degradation can not be solved partially or regionally, such as water pollution, air pollution, depletion of ozon layer, depletion of world's fisheries, and the latest, global warming/climate change.

the questions are, who was (is)to be blamed? who was/is benefited? who was/is the greatest users of energy in the world? who is making pollution? who are the producers of C02? ...the so called 'development of the world for hundred years' is really absurd, but the reality is about destroying the world for hundred years by economic activity of human being. that is, by then the THE ENVIRONMETAL CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN QUESTION.

neo liberal views that it is an inevitable, as what Garret Hardin said as 'tragedy of the common". the common is coming to its extinction by the limitation of the world, private property, borders, and over population. the common property such as land, air, water willzou be in crisis. but, the is no an obvious solution in seeing the way out of the environmental degradation.

in this sense, the problem of environmental becomes politics.
Chasek (2006)tries to elaborate five elements shaping the global environmental politics as follows.

in terms of global politics, the veto power is arising; veto coalitions, blocking states, etc in terms of global negotiation on certain issues of environmental. then, the role of state actors is seen still in the position of powerful. then also power in terms of economic considered in the international negotiations. the regionalism also has a more role. last but not least, the role of ngo in developing public opinion, particularly environmental ngos in the world.

saurlin
(tomorrow i have exam on this course..:)

4324 GEP course

global environmental politics

Is global capitalism sustainable? and its relation to biodiversity.

Yes and No, depends on where your position is.

Market Liberal says yes....the problem is the poverty, policy failure, and the local people/indigenous people-destroying the environmental...
and also institutionalism...lack of global commitment, a need of strong institution and cooperation between them..
biodiversity can be saved by protection of the national park...(?)

their opponents are
bioenvironmentalism..the problem is about population, antroposentrism, need more food and resources
and earth is exploited too much. protection on the environmental for the sake of environmental.


and
social green
the problem is about power in social relation. to save the environmental, firstly,
the human relation needs to be fixed, between exploiter and exploited.
the answer is empowerment of the local people.....


the way out, viewed by Politic of International relation:
by liberalism: economic growth in developing countries.
by realism: a need of hegemonic state to control the world
by neo-marxism: a need for equality between north and south.


...at least i have the portrait of them in my mind.
huhhhh....


saurlin