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Global Env Gov
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anarchy | There is no worldwide power that can solve disputes and enforce agreements |
| Oligarchy | Power rests disproportionally with a small number of states |
| Appropriation Issues | Issues that arise over the fair use of environmental goods that cross state boundaries |
| Provision Issues | Issues that arise over the distribution of costs between states undertaken to maintain an environmental good |
| Subtractabiliity (rival) | Use by one person makes less of the resource available to others |
| Non-excludable | It is difficult to prevent people from using the resource |
| Open-access resource | when there is no excludability, you can have...? |
| Externality | A cost or benefit not reflected in prices incurred during exchange. |
| Shadow of the future | The length of time into the future that a state or other actor cares about an environmental resource |
| Nationalization | Create laws or regulations that prevent or regulate use |
| Actors | Who is affected by or affects the outcome of a transnational decision? (who affects – typically states/who is affected - advocacy groups) |
| Interests | What does the actor want to achieve to maximize their benefit? (actors that care about marketing themselves as green, vs not, etc) |
| Influence/Capabilities | What provisioning or appropriation abilities does the actor have as related to the resource or phenomenon? More the interaction between actors and resources. |
| Power | What ability does the actor have to make other actors act in ways they would not act independently? Relationship between different actors. |
| Regimes | Interrelated sets of rules and procedures that govern actions in a particular issue-area |
| Emission trading | Under protocol, countries may buy and sell greenhouse-gas emissions “units” and “credits” |
| Clean development mechanism | The protocol provides a system for financing emissions-reducing or emissions-avoiding projects in developing nations |
| Joint implementation | Within the protocol industrialized countries are granted emissions reduction units for financing projects in other developed countries a system likely to increase efficiency & reduce the globalwarming output of the transition economies of central & E Eur |
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