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IPCC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are critical minerals? | Minerals that are critical to national security because we need them but don't have a lock-up supply chain for them |
| What is the 'polycrisis' of climate change | Polycrisis=series of interlinked crises where one changes, they all changes. COVID, climate skepticism, wars, AI, information overload, media overload |
| What are the different actors in environmental politics? | States, international orgs, transnational corps, social movements/NGOs |
| States as actors in environmental politics | Global North and Global South. Based on state capacity. Territorially defined entities |
| What is state capacity | Ability of a state to put into action the things it says it can do |
| Nation-state definition | Ordering principle for international politics |
| 'Territorially defined entities definition | control and sovereignty of a state ends and begins at a border |
| Statehood | Like a club. To be recognised as a state, they must be recognised and recognise other states. They must be able to implement their sovereignty over a territory |
| Internal matters of states on environment | Regulating environments, resource extraction, protection/damage of ecosystems within territory, environmental sovereignty |
| External state powers on environment | Negotiating climate treaties and forums, environmental agreements |
| Why are agreements controversial to states? | Signing an agreement is often perceived as a threat or reduction in sovereignty, can result in state discomfort |
| International orgs as actors in environmental politics | Bureaucracies, state-built organisations, formalised organisations. UN=international organisation. States meet, discuss, organise pledges, set targets. Global and regional options |
| Transnational corporations as actors in environmental politics | Corporations with own headquarters in country but operating in other countries too. Difficult to regulate. Lobby political parties/states, extract resources, interface with international orgs, engage with social movements, advertise to change perceptions |
| 'Resource Curse' definition | In order to extract resources, must deal with multiple corporations that will try get the best possible deal for self-interest |
| Social Movements as actor in environmental politics | Loosely organised individuals/communities around shared social/political issues. Petition, run campaigns, can be transnational or local |
| NGOs as actor in environmental politics | Non Governmental Organisation. Close relationship with social movements, but more organised, usually formally instituted somewhere with headquarters |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change |
| What is the UNFCCC | Key forum of political discussions. Formed 21st March 1994. Annual meetings. Distinguishes between developed and developing countries on basis of common but differentiated responsibility |
| Purpose of Theory in IR | Theory=way scholars understand politics. To understand world politics, you need to be able to debate it in the abstract sense. Environmental politics are fundamentally transnational because environmental issues don't cohere to borders |
| Political Theory of Humans and Nature | People in the 'state of nature'. Classical political theory: political organisation comes from us transcending the state of nature. Overcome darker instincts by building institutions. Nature=adversary to be tamed |
| 'Anthropocene' definition | Geopolitical epoch where human activity has become so significant in transforming the planet that it replaces the Holocene. Seen in global evidence that earth system processes are significantly altered by humans. Context of IR |
| Political ecology definition | study of relationships between political and economic factors, and how they connect with environmental changes. Politicises environmental issues. Political choices->ecological destruction |
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