RE: Copenhagen result
I'm in the middle of editing the ENB summary on this crazy meeting, but I'll take a minute to respond. See my comments below. Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: p...@iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm -Original Message- From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu [mailto:owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu] On Behalf Of Lorraine Elliott Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:01 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: Copenhagen result Hi all A few quick questions in finding one's way through the Accord - surely some of the most garbled syntax adopted at an international negotiation? While the 2 degrees celsius number is mentioned at least twice, as I read it there isn't actually a /formal /commitment to that as a stabilization target. PAM: No, as I understand it, there is no formal commitment. Furthermore, since countries will be able to indicate whether they want to be associated with this or not, it has even less meaning. And it was only taken note of by the COP -- not adopted. Article 5 is rather confusing but it seems to say that mitigation actions by non-Annex I parties will be subject to their own MRV processes unless they are seeking 'international support' in which case they will be subject to the same international MRV as for Annex I parties. Have I read this correctly? PAM: As I understand it, if they receive international support for their mitigation actions, they will be subject to international MRV. If no support is provided (think China), then they will do their own domestic MRV. Clarification on article 8 - $100 billion by 2020 of which $30 billion should be forthcoming in the period 2010-12, yes? PAM: Actually it says $100 billion a year by 2020. Appendix I - on emissions targets for Annex I parties by 2020, also includes a column for base year. Does this mean that countries can set their own base year rather than being tied to the 1990 levels in the KP? PAM: Yes, Annex I parties can set their own, as I understand it. Cheers (or not as the case may be) Lorraine -- Dr Lorraine Elliott Senior Fellow in International Relations Department of International Relations Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA t: +61 2 6125 0589 f: +61 2 6125 8010 e: lorraine.elli...@anu.edu.au http://rspas.anu.edu.au/ir/admin/elliott.php http://rspas.anu.edu.au/ir/tec
final list of discussants and chairs needed at ISA
Hi everyone: I'm sorry to bother you with this again, but here is the list of chairs and discussants needed at ISA in February in New Orleans. If you are interested but may want more details about the panel, you can check out the program at www.isanet.orghttp://www.isanet.org or you can ask me. Here is the catch - the deadline is Monday (my fault - I had too much to do this week). So please e-mail me back. It doesn't matter if you are already on the program twice because chairs and discussants don't count. They just didn't want you presenting more than two papers. Thanks. Pam 1. Chair Needed: Panel: Cities as New Sites of Governance and Influence in Setting the Global Agenda on Climate Change: Thursday 1:45. 2. Discussant Needed: Panel: Transparency-based Global Environmental Governance: Ideal versus Practice?: Friday 1:45 3. Discussant Needed: Panel: Combining International Relations and Comparative Domestic Politics Approaches in Studying Global Environmental Politics: Friday 1:45 4. Discussant needed: Panel: Regime Complexes in International Environmental Governance: Friday 3:45 5. Discussant needed: Panel: African Environmental Challenges: Friday 8:30 6. Chair and Discussant Needed: Panel: Chinese Water Politics: Saturday 8:30 7. Discussant Needed: Panel: International Issues in Biodiversity Conservation: Wednesday 10:30 8. Discussant needed: Panel: Reverse Boomerangs Hurled from the Equator: Making and Unmaking Global Norms from the Periphery of the World: Thursday 8:30 (possible - checking with panel submitter first) 9. Chair: Roundtable: International Relations and International Sustainable Development Policies: In Need of Improving the Connections? Friday 3:45 (possible - checking with roundtable submitter first) Pamela Chasek, PhD Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA +1-212-888-2737 E-mail: p...@iisd.orgmailto:p...@iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orghttp://www.iisd.org/ IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cahttp://www.iisd.ca/ Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
April conference on integrating development and climate change ethics.
Some of you may be interested in this. From: bounce-930177-17...@lists.iisd.ca [mailto:bounce-930177-17...@lists.iisd.ca] On Behalf Of Donald Brown Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:31 PM To: Climate Change Info Mailing List Subject: April conference on integrating development and climate change ethics. This is a call for papers for a conference that the Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University is organizing to be held at Penn State University on April 15 and 16, 2010 on Integrating Development and Climate Change Ethics. Those interested in presenting a paper should submit an abstract and a two page CV by October 30, 2010. Because climate change can adversely affect the ability of human development prospects and climate change policies should take into account human development needs, there is a need to integrate climate change and human development ethics. This conference will explore the linkages between climate change ethics and human development ethics. For more information on the call for papers see: http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate/events/idcce/cfp. For information on the conference see: http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate/events/idcce/ Donald A. Brown Associate Professor Environmental Ethics, Science, and Law, Penn State University Director Pennsylvania Environmental Research Consortium, Director,Collaborative Program on Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change 201A Old Botany University Park, Pa, 16802 717-802-1009 (cell); 814-865-3371 (office) Pamela Chasek, PhD Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA +1-212-888-2737 E-mail: p...@iisd.orgmailto:p...@iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orghttp://www.iisd.org/ IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cahttp://www.iisd.ca/ Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
ISA chair and discussant needed
Hi everyone: I have had a cancellation from someone who was scheduled to be a chair and a discussant on the following panel at ISA in New Orleans in February: Perspectives on Environmental Governance Papers * Bauer and Andresen: Bureaucratic Leadership: The Missing Link to Understand IO Behavior?http://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/MyISA/Validated/ConferenceItemDetailBasic.aspx?ItemID=14482 * Krishnan: What is Environmental Governance?http://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/MyISA/Validated/ConferenceItemDetailBasic.aspx?ItemID=15951 * Kramarz: Partnerships in Global Environmental Governance: The Growth of a Procedural Norm Without Substancehttp://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/MyISA/Validated/ConferenceItemDetailBasic.aspx?ItemID=17069 * Conca: Standing on One Leg: Uneven Institutionalization of Environmental Concerns Within the United Nationshttp://isanet.ccit.arizona.edu/MyISA/Validated/ConferenceItemDetailBasic.aspx?ItemID=18175 The panel is at 8:30 am on Wednesday, 17 February (the first day of the conference). If you would like to be the chair and/or the discussant, please let me know and I will submit the change to the program. Thanks! Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: p...@iisd.orgmailto:p...@iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
RE: GEP chronology, post 2002 ?
Stacy: We have just done this for the 5th edition of Global Environmental Politics. I can send you some when I get home tonight. Pam From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu [mailto:owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu] On Behalf Of VanDeveer, Stacy Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:58 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: GEP chronology, post 2002 ? Gep-ed colleagues, I am compiling a chronology of major international environmental institutional developments. To be frank, I have nothing after the 2002 WSSD. I understand that many regimes founded earlier have had developments since 2002, but I find no additional new entries. Are there things any of you would suggest I should add? (and, the jury is still out as to whether 2009 in Copenhagen will be worth adding to the list..) --SV Stacy D. VanDeveer Associate Professor University of New Hampshire Dept. of Political Science Horton SSC Durham, NH 03824 USA stacy.vandev...@unh.edumailto:stacy.vandev...@unh.edu tel: fax: mobile: Skype ID: (+1) 603-862-0167 [cid:image001.gif@01CA378F.783D6160] http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?lang=ensrc=jj_signatureTo=%28%2B1%29+603%2D862%2D0167email=...@cisunix.unh.edu (+1) 603-862-0178 (+1) 781-321-5880 [cid:image001.gif@01CA378F.783D6160] http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?lang=ensrc=jj_signatureTo=%28%2B1%29+781%2D321%2D5880email=...@cisunix.unh.edu stacy.vandeveer Want to always have my latest info?https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=51539758810src=client_sig_212_1_banner_joininvite=1lang=en Want a signature like this?http://www.plaxo.com/signature?src=client_sig_212_1_banner_siglang=en inline: image001.gif
RE: NGO readings?
Beth: Check the GEP-ED archives. I believe we had this discussion before. I have some sources I sent earlier but I can refind them and send them again later if you need them. Pam From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu [owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu] On Behalf Of Beth DeSombre [edeso...@wellesley.edu] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 2:20 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: NGO readings? For a course I teach on environmental policy (not exclusively international -- it's also comparative and U.S.) I want a week on NGO groups and am looking for suggestions for readings. (Yes, I have the Betsill/Corell book and will probably be using parts of that). I'm particularly looking for readings on the various types of roles that NGOs and activist groups can play -- from the helpful to the recalictrant -- and I'd love to find something that talks about the potentially advantages of extremist groups to change the boundaries of what might be considered acceptable. (i.e. the mainstream might not every agree that their tactics or even goals are reasonable, but by being so unreasonable they make what might have previously seemed a bit radical appear mainstream in comparison). And I always like sources that come from different perspectives, disagree with each other, etc. Anyone have sources to suggest? (I'll compile a list a report.) Thanks, Beth
looking for a chair and/or discussant for ISA
Hi everyone: I've got a panel on African environmental issues that will be looking at biofuels, climate change, agriculture and water management for ISA. However, I need someone to serve as chair and discussant - or if I get two volunteers, one for each. Anyone interested? I may have some other panels in need in the next couple of days. In general, I'm drawing from the volunteer list, but if anyone else is willing to serve, let me know. As a reminder, graduate students cannot serve as discussants. Thanks. Pam Vice Chair, ISA Environmental Studies Section Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: p...@iisd.orgmailto:p...@iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
Green Dorm Rooms and food waste
Hi everyone: I know this isn't really a GEP question, but I hope you can help. Here at Manhattan College we are thinking about setting up a demonstration green dorm room to serve as inspiration for students and to show on tours of the campus. Has this been done on any of your campuses? If so, can you provide me with either a web link or a contact person so we can get some ideas? Also, another initiative on campus is to deal with the huge problem of food waste. Have there been any initiatives on your campus to deal with this? Once again, descriptions, a web site or contact information would be most helpful. I'll compile the results and post them to the list, as usual. Thanks so much for your help! Pam ** Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Government Director, International Studies Program Manhattan College Miguel 424 Manhattan College Pkwy. Bronx, NY 10471 tel: 718-862-7248 e-mail: pamela.cha...@manhattan.edumailto:pamela.cha...@manhattan.edu ***
Another discussant needed at ISA -
I was just informed by the ISA Program Chairs that we need a discussant for a poster presentation on Wednesday at 12:15. Ideally, the discussant would be knowledgeable about Latin America and climate change issues. This year, ISA has assigned discussants to groups of similar posters so that the presenters get some feedback. It won’t require much effort on your part (only two posters) and will be of great service to the two presenters. If you are interested, please let me know. WC94: Wednesday 12:15 PM �\ 2:00 PM Political Leadership and Regime Formation across the Environmental Landscape Sponsor(s): Poster Session Environmental Studies Disc. South America in the Global Politics of Climate Change Eduardo Viola: University of Brasilia Combating Deforestation and Mitigating Climate Change in Brazil: New International Cooperation Patterns Fernanda V. Carvalho: Universidade de Brasília Thanks. Pam ** Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Government Director, International Studies Program Manhattan College Miguel 424 Manhattan College Pkwy. Bronx, NY 10471 tel: 718-862-7248 e-mail: pamela.cha...@manhattan.edumailto:pamela.cha...@manhattan.edu ***
need ISA panel discussant
Hi everyone: Happy US inauguration day! I was just informed by the ISA Program Chairs that I am missing a discussant for the following panel. If you are interested, please let me know ASAP. Thanks. Pam WD44: Wednesday 2:15 PM ‐ 4:00 PM Contesting International Climate Change Strategies: The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Sponsor(s): Panel Environmental Studies Chair James Meadowcroft, Carleton University Disc. Advancement of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology in the United States Jennie C. Stephens: Clark University CCS: The Next Technological Lock‐In? Philip J. Vergragt: Clark University Carbon Capture and Storage as a post‐Kyoto Global Bargain Chip or Global Geo‐Engineering Experiment? Karin Backstrand: Lund University The Norwegian Case: Norway's Strategic Engagement with CCS Oluf Langhelle: University of Stavanger Carbon Capture and Storage and the Indeterminacy of Energy Transitions James Meadowcroft: Carleton University ** Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Government Director, International Studies Program Manhattan College Miguel 424 Manhattan College Pkwy. Bronx, NY 10471 tel: 718-862-7248 e-mail: pamela.cha...@manhattan.edumailto:pamela.cha...@manhattan.edu ***
RE: thesis and dissertation writing -- noted without comment
Dear Ron and others on the list: This is just the tip of the iceberg. In November, NPR's On the Media had a report on term papers for hire. You can read the transcript or listen to it at http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/11/28/03 You can also read the article referred to in the piece, The Term Paper Artist by Nick Mamatas at http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article10100801.aspx I know this isn't directly related to global environmental politics but it is something to be aware of. Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: p...@iisd.orgmailto:p...@iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm From: owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu [mailto:owner-gep...@listserve1.allegheny.edu] On Behalf Of Ronald Mitchell Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:40 PM To: GEPED Subject: thesis and dissertation writing -- noted without comment Colleagues, As many of us advise doctoral and masters students, I thought I would send on a site I came across while googling for global warming dissertations: http://www.phd-dissertations.com/ and http://www.phd-dissertations.com/topic/global_warming_dissertation_thesis.html Perhaps others were aware of this sort of service, but I was not. I leave it to others to determine what lessons to derive from the existence of this site. Best, Ron PS: Note that, among other options, their pricing allows delivery within 8-23 hours for only $39 per page! =-=-=-= Excerpts from the site: PhD-Dissertations.com one of a kind and never resold Our one-of-a-kind writing is guaranteedhttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/guarantee.html to match your specifications! Dissertations - Research Proposals - Thesis Papers Introduction [cid:image001.gif@01C97041.DA9FA310] Hypothesis [cid:image001.gif@01C97041.DA9FA310] Literature Review [cid:image001.gif@01C97041.DA9FA310] Methodology [cid:image001.gif@01C97041.DA9FA310] Conclusion Abstract - Problem Statement - Rationale - Statistical Analysis Data Collection - Results - Discussion - Recommendations 300+ Words Per Page A discount of 10% applies to orders of 75+ pages! Our New Jersey office provides phone support from 9:00 AM (EST) to 9:00 PM (EST). [cid:image002.gif@01C97041.DA9FA310] An excerpt Flexible: You can orderhttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/order.html a complete dissertation, thesis, or research proposal, from the first page through the last page. Or, we can write an individual chapterhttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/dissertations_features.html, sectionhttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/dissertations_features.html, abstracthttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/abstract.html, literature reviewhttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/literaturereview.html, proposalhttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/proposal.html, etc. Optionally, our doctoral-level researchers can supplement their scholarly information, innovative ideas, and current sources with any documents that you wish to provide. If you have already written parts of your dissertation or thesis, you can provide us with your existing material. We will incorporate that material into our processhttp://www.phd-dissertations.com/dissertations_features.html as a basis for expanding on your ideas, proving your hypothesis, and/or refining your arguments. inline: image001.gifinline: image002.gif
FW: Fellowships Announcement - Oxford University
FYI. Pam Two James Martin Research Fellowships at The Institute for Carbon and Energy Reduction in Transport (ICERT) The Department of Engineering Science and the Transport Studies Unit in the School of Geography and the Environment have been funded by the James Martin 21st Century School to establish a new institute for carbon and energy reduction in transport. The institute, led by Malcolm McCulloch, David Banister, and Colin Axon, is designed to integrate our established work on transport engineering, economics, and policy. This research includes energy modelling, transport economics, low carbon vehicles, fuel economy, life cycle assessment, multi-criteria analysis, and sustainability. Job specifications and details of how to apply are available at: http://www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/news/job081217.php Please circulate this information amongst your colleagues. Regards, Colin Axon - You are currently subscribed to energy-l as: p...@iisd.org - Go to your membership options: http://lists.iisd.ca:81/read/?forum=energy-l - To unsubscribe visit: https://lists.iisd.ca/u?id=349721.d63845e396fe11b481ee03cd5b86db09n=Tl=energy-lo=848265 - http://www.climate-l.org - A knowledgebase of International Climate Change Activities, provided by IISD in cooperation with the UN Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) Secretariat - Subscribe to IISD Reporting Services' free newsletters and lists for environment and sustainable development policy professionals at http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
FW: How to Talk With, Educate Kids About Climate Change
Here is a belated response to Michele Betsill's query about books about climate change. I know it's a little late for the holidays (I'm just cleaning out a backlog of e-mails) but this may still be of interest to someone. Happy holidays! Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: p...@iisd.orgmailto:p...@iisd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm From: ecoaut...@howweknowclimatechange.com [mailto:ecoaut...@howweknowclimatechange.com] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:01 PM To: Pam Chasek Subject: How to Talk With, Educate Kids About Climate Change1 Talking with Kids about Climate Change -- A new book leads the way with ideas on how parents and teachers can talk to kids about global warming and how kids can be good citizens and scientists in school and around the community. Informative, engaging, non-scary and energizing. Perfect recommendation for Holiday Books and Gifts. [cid:5d65c495-15fb-4483-9b74-3b4a750a6cb9@local] How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch, is an engaging and empowering look at the science of climate and how kids can learn by becoming citizen scientists. It was written especially for middle schoolers and their teachers, with clear explanations of what scientists do, what the words mean, how kids can observe nature like scientists, and how some kids are using their knowledge to reduce their carbon footprint. This book tells about active kids with projects that track the flight of butterflies, take river water samples and reduce air pollution -- and a special page shows how much carbon dioxide can be saved as kids work together to reduce climate change. This book replaces fear and dread over global warming with knowledge and the assurance that actions can be taken that help everyone and the world. Awards and Reviews of How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming Finalist: AAAS/Subaru Best Science Book Award School Library Journal's Best Books of 2008 Winner of the 2008 National Parenting Publications Association Gold Award (Ages 9 to 12) Winner of Publishers' Weekly 2008 Green Books For Kids Selection Winner of The National Best Books 2008 Award/ Young Adult Education, USA Booknews An Endorsed Polar Book by International Polar Year, National Science Foundation NSTA Recommends List of the National Science Teachers Association Featured in interview on BBC America, 18 November 2008 Book website, with teaching materials and stories about what some kids are doing about global warming, is www.howweknowclimatechange.comhttp://www.howweknowclimatechange.com/ Dawn Publications, 2008 ISBN 1-978-58469-103-7 $18.95 from www.dawnpub.comhttp://www.dawnpub.com/; or from Amazon, Barnes Noble and other booksellers. This book is based on the research and photography for: [cid:07513f9f-5147-4493-a046-0450c13bca5d@local] Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming is Changing the World The comprehensive story, cause to cure, from University of California Press. Vanity Fair list of 50 Best Environmental Books and Videos, April 2008 Praise by Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize scientists, Bill McKibben For preview and to order: http://www.earthunderfire.comhttp://www.earthunderfire.com/ Gary Braasch Photography Leader in global warming documentation and education. http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.com inline: KidsBookCoverTiny.jpginline: EUFCoverSmall.jpg
CO2 emissions from taxis and livery cabs
Does anyone know if any studies or statistics on CO2 emissions in cities from taxis and livery cabs? A student of mine is researching this for the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission so they can get an idea of what they are dealing with and how they can reduce emissions. I'll post a compilation of replies on the list. Thanks. Pam ** Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Government Director, International Studies Program Manhattan College Miguel 414 Manhattan College Pkwy. Bronx, NY 10471 tel: 718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
RE: Article from The Hindu: Russian scientists deny climate change
Dear Priya: This is what a colleague of mine in Russia has to say. He is a former government official and has also worked for the UN system and I trust him. Yes, the article is an accurate presentation of views of a small but vocal group of Russian scientists. There is a long tradition of questioning the anthropogenic factor, as the main reason for climate change/global warming. It was personified by Academician Budyko (I think he passed away), the leading climate authority in the USSR. He nurtured a group of young talented scientists who still produce bizarre ideas and projects, like pumping industrially produced ozone into the atmosphere, rather than banning CFCs and other ODS. To many in Russia, their explanation of climate change is hard to refute. The article's author is also correct in pointing to political interests. Putin did say a few years back that global warming is good for Russia. And, there is the conspiracy side. I know Utkin well. He's been consistent about the Montreal Protocol destroying the Russian refrigeration industry (however, he's in FAO now, and not dealing with policy). I think we haven't seen the end of the debate, which is likely to be used by the government in different ways, to suit shifting economic and political priorities (not least playing with India and China). Regards, Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Priya Kurian Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 9:10 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: FW: Article from The Hindu: Russian scientists deny climate change Would anyone know whether this article, written by the Moscow correspondent for a leading Indian daily, The Hindu, is an accurate representation of the views of Russian scientists on climate change? Priya Priya Kurian Associate Professor Department of Political Science and Public Policy The University of Waikato, Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND Tel: (+64-7) 838-4466 ext. 6109 Fax: (+64-7) 838-4203 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 18 July 2008 4:29 a.m. Source: The Hindu ( http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/07/10/stories/2008071055521000.htm) Opinion - Leader Page Articles Challenging the basis of Kyoto Protocol Vladimir Radyuhin Russian scientists deny that the Kyoto Protocol reflects a consensus view of the world scientific community. As western nations step up pressure on India and China to curb the emission of greenhouse gases, Russian scientists reject the very idea that carbon dioxide may be responsible for global warming. Russian critics of the Kyoto Protocol, which calls for cuts in CO2 emissions, say that the theory underlying the pact lacks scientific basis. Under the Theory of Anthropogenic Global Warming, it is human-generated greenhouse gases, and mainly CO2, that cause climate change. 'The Kyoto theorists have put the cart before the horse,' says renowned Russian geographer Andrei Kapitsa. 'It is global warming that triggers higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, not the other way round.' Russian researchers made this discovery while studying ice cores recovered from the depth of 3.5 kilometres in Antarctica. Analysis of ancient ice and air bubbles trapped inside revealed the composition of the atmosphere and air temperature going back as far as 400,000 years. 'We found that the level of CO2 had fluctuated greatly over the period but at any given time increases in air temperature preceded higher concentrations of CO2,'says academician Kapitsa, who worked in Antarctica for many years. Russian studies showed that throughout history, CO2 levels in the air rose 500 to 600 years after the climate warmed up. Therefore, higher concentrations of greenhouse gases registered today are the result, not the cause, of global warming. Critics of the CO2 role in climate change point out that water vapours are a far more potent factor in creating the greenhouse effect as their concentration in the atmosphere is five to 10 times higher than that of CO2. 'Even if all CO2 were removed from the earth atmosphere, global climate would not become any cooler,'says solar physicist Vladimir Bashkirtsev. The hypothesis of anthropogenic greenhouse gases was born out of computer modelling of climate changes.
RE: scholarly article on the role of NGOs in environmental law and politics
Dear Howard: Here are a few suggestions (not meaning to toot my own horn) Chasek, Pamela S. “Environmental Organizations and Multilateral Diplomacy: A Case Study of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin” in James P. Muldoon, Jr., et al, eds. Multilateral Diplomacy and the United Nations Today, third edition. Boulder: Westview, 2005. Raustiala, Kal. States, NGOs, and International Environmental Institutions, 41 International Studies Quarterly 719 (1997) I also wrote another one but it focuses primarily on how NGOs help to build developing country negotiating capacity. If you are interested in that, I'll send you the citation. Cheers, Pam From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana R. Fisher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:12 PM To: Howard S. Schiffman Cc: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: scholarly article on the role of NGOs in environmental law and politics Hi Howard: Karin Backstrand at Lund University has done a lot of work on this subject. I would recommend her 2006 piece from the European Journal of International Relations on Democratizing Global Environmental Governance. Also, you might find my 2004 piece with Jessica Green useful. Understanding Disenfranchisement: Civil Society and Developing Countries. Influence and Participation in Global Governance for Sustainable Development was published in Global Environmental Politics. I'd love to see what you come up with based on listmembers responses. Take care, Dana --- Dana R. Fisher, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Sociology Columbia University 324M Fayerweather Hall 1180 Amsterdam Avenue | Internet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail Code 2551 | ph: 212-854-9623, fax: 212-854-2963 New York, New York 10027| http://www.columbia.edu/~drf2004/
ISA panels in need of chairs and/or discussants
Greetings everyone: The deadline for program chairs to submit their list of panels for ISA 2009 is this Friday. I have a few panels that are in need of discussants and chairs. Some of you have already volunteered for this, but I wanted to open it up to everyone who is planning on coming to New York in February for the conference. If you are interested in serving as a chair and/or discussant for panels on any of the following topics, please let me know ASAP. You can serve as both a chair and a discussant for a single panel, if you want to. Serving as a chair or discussant does not count against the two panel rule (that's just for papers and roundtable participants). The Renewable Revolution: The Push for Renewable Energy Development Regional Environmental Governance: From Theory to Practice Going Local: Cities, States and Climate Change Civil Society (still trying to come up with a better title but it involves partnerships, NGOs and civil society participation in environmental governance) Alien Species, Protected Areas and GMOs: Biodiversity Conservation Challenges The Sustainability Debate (still working on a better title) Perspectives on Global Environmental Governance Thanks for all of your help! Pam aka ISA Environmental Studies Section Program Chair Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
Innovative Climate Change Panel Proposal for ISA 2009
INNOVATIVE PANEL - CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATION Panel Organizers: Pam Chasek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Mary Pettenger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Would you like to learn how to design and run a simulation in your classroom? Are you interested in participating in a climate change negotiations simulation at ISA in 2009? We are seeking interested participants to demonstrate how a climate change negotiations simulation could work in the classroom. We are looking for anyone who is interested - no previous climate change or simulation experience is necessary. You will be given a role to play and a background guide prior to the simulation. If you are interested or have questions, please e-mail us, and we will include you in our innovative panel proposal for ISA 2009. Remember the proposal deadline is May 30, 2008. Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
ESS Panel Proposal -- Treaty Fatigue/Implementation Challenges
Sorry to bombard you with two panel ideas in one day, but I was wondering whether anyone on the list (or on other lists you may forward this to) are working on the problems with environmental treaty fatigue and implementation challenges. We went through a major treaty negotiation phase in the 1990s and now the hens have come home to roost, so to speak, and countries, especially developing countries, are finding the demands placed on them by environmental treaties are more onerous than ever. As a result, treaty implementation risks falling by the wayside in some countries. I would like to try to put together a panel that addresses this other side of multilateral environmental agreements. Papers could focus on a single treaty, or challenges faced by a single country or group of countries, depending on what your research is addressing. The panel could either be run like a traditional panel or we could convene more of a discussion forum with the audience on the issues raised by our papers. If anyone is interested, send me an e-mail with an abstract and your contact information. If you would be interested in chairing or serving as a discussant, let me know as well. If we get enough interest, I'll submit the panel proposal. Thanks! Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
request from a colleague in Israel
Dear GEP-Ed Members: A colleague of mine from Israel sent me the following e-mail. If any of you have any suggestions, please e-mail me and I'll compile everything and send it on to him as well as to the list. Here's his e-mail: I am advising a masters student from France who twisted my arm to take her on in a study evaluating the effectiveness of international agreements between Israel and Jordan in the Gulf of Aqaba. It's an interesting topic about which I even know a little bit. My trouble is this: I feel that I do not have appropriate background in international relations to give her a modest reading list from the literature about transboundary environmental issues in this context. The chapter on the literature review for her thesis looks fairly paltry. Lots of examples - no theories or paradigms in which the present dynamics might be able to fit. Hence, I was wondering if you have a few key books and articles that you might recommend that would characterize: a) relations between a first versus third world country environmentally; (all that hegemonic stuff that I hear about often, but don't really get.) b) anyone writing conceptually about riparians in a multi-lateral gulf or watershed context. Again, here not so much examples as theoretical / conceptual evaluations or constructs. Anything in this literature that would seem to you to be relevant. Thanks. Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orgfile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cafile:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
FW: Harvard Kennedy School energy RD fellowship announcement
Please distribute the following announcement to all those who might be interested. The Harvard Kennedy School's Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group seeks two postdoctoral fellows to conduct advanced research on U.S. policy for Energy Research, Development, and Deployment (ERDD). The ERDD fellows will report to the ERDD Project Manager. They will provide research support for the analysis of the carbon mitigation and market potential of energy technologies, and international and private sector comparison of ERDD activities. The fellows' research will help shape the project's annual and comprehensive recommendations, including the budget commentary, and the dissemination of these recommendations, which may include meetings with relevant stakeholders in business, government, industry, and academia, and interviews with the media. Required Education, Experience, and Skills Applications for ERDD fellowships are welcome from recent Ph.D. recipients. The ideal candidates will have a background in physics/engineering (preferably in some energy-related technology), materials science, or climate change science, and (preferably) some experience in private sector RD. In addition, candidates should have either experience or a strong interest in energy policy, strategic planning for ERDD, and climate change issues. Candidates will also have excellent skills in presenting complex material to a wide range of audiences. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in engineering or the natural sciences, but candidates who have focused on other aspects of energy policy in their doctoral work and hold a Ph.D. in public policy, economics, political science, or a related field, with a clear focus on ERDD, or those who hold a Master's degree and have extensive experience, will be considered. About the Energy Research, Development, and Deployment (ERDD) project The three-year, grant-funded Project on Energy Research, Development, and Deployment has three related but distinct goals: 1) producing a comprehensive set of recommendations for the next U.S. administration for investing what may be a greatly expanded budget for federal energy technology innovation, funded from the sale of carbon emission allowances or a carbon tax; 2) preparing annual analysis of, commentary on, and recommendations for the ERDD budget, including, but not limited to, climate-change-related ERDD; 3) producing a report comparing energy-technology innovation activities in the public and private sectors in the United States and internationally. The Project is based in the Harvard Kennedy School's Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, which strives to determine and then seeks to promote adoption of effective policies for accelerating the development and deployment of cleaner and more efficient energy technologies, primarily in China, India, and the United States. For more information, please visit: www.belfercenter.org/energyhttp://www.belfercenter.org/energy. Application procedures Please submit your CV, cover letter, and names of three references to Sam Milton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) with ERDD Fellowship Search in the subject line of your email by April 15. Applications from women, minorities, and citizens of all countries are welcome. If you have questions, please contact Sam Milton at 617-496-5584. To receive the latest research from the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, please sign up at: http://www.belfercenter.org/subscribe.html.
Announcing ENERGY-L
The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has pledged the creation of a new e-mail list, ENERGY-L, for the distribution of announcements related to international sustainable energy activities. This pledge has been accepted by the conference organizers as part of WIREC 2008 Pledges. This new distribution list, similar to IISD's other popular lists CLIMATE-L, FORESTS-L, WATER-L, CHEMICALS-L, MEA-L, OCEANS-L and AFRICASD-L, has been launched as part of a soon to be announced larger partnership with UN-Energy, the interagency mechanism on energy. The purpose of ENERGY-L is to provide a free, moderated, community communications tool, allowing subscribers to post announcements related to sustainable energy events, policy developments, publications and new initiatives. ENERGY-L is not a discussion list and is limited to non-commercial announcements, although the announcements of private sector initiatives is encouraged. Sign up for ENERGY-L at http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm (check your email after subscribing and respond to a confirmation email.) Any subscriber can use this new list to send announcements to the other subscribers on the list by sending emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For assistance in subscribing to ENERGY-L, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pamela Chasek, PhD Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA +1-212-888-2737 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.orghttp://www.iisd.org/ IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.cahttp://www.iisd.ca/ Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
RE: advertisement on Washington Post online
They also put a nearly full page ad on page A13 of today's (Wednesday 2/27/08) New York Times. The ad and the promotion of scientists who will be meeting to prove that climate change is not a crisis. I'm just waiting to see what the reaction will be on campus where some of us have been fighting a difficult battle against many students, faculty and an administration who seem to believe that climate change is not worthy of attention. Pam * Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Associate Professor, Government Miguel 414 Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:43 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: advertisement on Washington Post online This conference is sponsored by and representative of the ideology of neoliberal libertarian capitalists. In presenting the alternative to current accounts of doom and gloom about planetary climate change, it takes its place in a line of right-wing attempts to strategically assert that there is a debate about this issue amongst scientists and intellectuals and not a clearly overwhelming paradigm of opinion about it shared by scientists of all political persuasions. The fact that they are advertising in the Post gets their message out that this issue is up for academic debate to a governing public that may be potentially duped as to the reality inside academic scholarship on the matter. So I appreciate the tip to the link because it does in fact allow me to observe quite a bit by watching -- unfortunately this has veritably nothing to do with serious engagement with global warming science and policy i'm afraid and a lot more to do with the ongoing challenges to undermine such science and policy in our society, to the detriment of the many and the benefit of the few. Please note I'm not asserting anything about Greg White's intention in passing on the advert, only seeking here to pointedly assert that this is politics in the academy worthy of David Horowitz's attention as much as any leftie organizing. Best, Richard --- Richard Kahn, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations and Research University of North Dakota 231 Centennial Drive, Stop 7189, ED 305 Grand Forks, ND 58202 Ph: 701-777-3431 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://richardkahn.org - Original Message - From: Greg White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:04 am Subject: advertisement on Washington Post online Hi all, I clicked onto this from a page on washingtonpost.com. http://www.heartland.org/NewYork08/newyork08.cfm You may know about the conference already. The other links - Background, Program, Sponsorships - are also interesting. As Yogi once said, Sometimes you can observe a lot by just watching... Best regards, Greg Gregory W. White Department of Government Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts 01063 USA tel:413-585-3542 fax:413-585-3389
Update from Bali and other news
Hi everyone: I just wanted to let you know that as of 11:00 pm Friday night in Bali, delegates are still in informal ministerial consultations. Most of the COP and COP/MOP decisions have been adopted. The consultations are over the Bali Roadmap which will probably involve 3-4 decision texts under a President's Declaration. This will set the path towards the negotiations on a post-2012 climate regime. The last I heard was that the consultations could go all night and that unless there is an imminent breakthrough, plenary will resume at 8:00 am on Saturday (that's 7:00 pm New York time Friday night). You can follow the end-game on our www site: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/cop13/ as well as the live UNFCCC webcast http://www.un.org/webcast/unfccc/# http://www.un.org/webcast/unfccc/ . The latter is pretty boring right now as it just shows a handful of delegates milling about trying to stay awake in case the plenary suddenly resumes. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary of the Bali Conference will be available on our www site by Sunday night, New York time. For those of you who may not be familiar with IISD-Reporting Services, we have been providing real-time coverage of United Nations environment and development negotiation since the lead up to the Earth Summit in Rio since 1992. We currently cover approximately 20 different multilateral environmental agreements and processes as well as numerous other workshops and symposia. Our flagship publication, the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, is the de facto record of the MEA world for the past 15 years. Numerous faculty members have their students follow negotiations through our website as part of their classroom assignments and our archives provide some of the most detailed discussions of the negotiating processes that exist today. Our www site also includes photos and, in some cases, audio files from meetings that help bring these meetings to life for those who are not able to attend. Our www site is http://www.iisd.ca http://www.iisd.ca/ . On our main page you can link to different issue clusters as well as to recent meetings we have covered. You can also sign up for our numerous lists that are issue specific as well as ones that enable you to stay up to date with the processes we cover. Here are some resources that may be useful to those of you who research and teach GEP: Linkages Update: http://www.iisd.ca/email/linkagesupdate.htm A bi-weekly update on what is new on our www site - here is the latest: http://www.iisd.ca/whats_new/whatsnew97.html MEA Bulletin: http://www.iisd.ca/email/mea-l.htm The MEA Bulletin is a bi-weekly publication created by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD http://www.iisd.org/ ), in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme's Division for Environmental Law and Conventions (UNEP DELC http://www.unep.org/dec/ ). Here is our latest issue: http://www.iisd.ca/mea-l/meabulletin37.pdf The ENB Archives: http://www.iisd.ca/voltoc.html This enables you to link in to every Earth Negotiations Bulletin report we have published since 1992, organized by process/MEA. Archives of other meetings covered: http://www.iisd.ca/sd/index.html#archives If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I hope you find this information helpful in your research and teaching. Good luck with your end of semester grading and enjoy the holidays! Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20 Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20 Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
Request from a Brazilian scholar
I've been asked to forward this request to the list. If you can help, please respond directly to Renato at his e-mail address below. Thanks. Pam I'm a law postgraduate student recently turned into a biologist. I'm studying ecotoxicology and the precautionary principle. What I mean to do with my dissertation (at the Law School of the Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC - Brazil) is to study what criteria (if there are any) should be followed by the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO to distinguish a precautionary measure from a arbitrary and illegal trade barrier. So I'm studying sovereignty, sound science, precautionary principle, ecotoxicology, and, of course, International law, always pursuing a way to understand how is it possible (if it is) for an international organization (the WTO) to decide that a precautionary measure adopted by a nation or a region is actually NOT precautionary, but arbitrary. So I would like to talk with anyone working in that field (international trade and environment) to know what publications should a read (I'm currently reading Precautionary politics, by Kerry Whiteside), and also to exchange some ideas. Also, if you know a professor from Columbia or NYU researching either international trade and environment, either law and economics, I would like a contact. First to get some advice concerning my dissertation. Second, I´m interested in applying to Columbia or NYU for a JSD (that in 2009). So I would like to know what kind of study could I possibly develop at the University (in Brazil, at least, a postgraduate student must converge to some of the research projects of the professors, ask to be oriented in his dissertation or thesis and previously convince the professor that he is worth the effort. And I'm supposing the situation will be similar in NY, except with much more competition). That's it. Thank you. Renato Lisboa Altemani ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
ESS Graduate Student Paper Awards - REMINDER
Hi everyone: On behalf of the ISA Environmental Studies Section Executive Committee, I want to remind you if you have any nominations for the ESS Graduate Student Paper award, to be given in San Francisco next March, please send them to me as soon as possible (the paper, if at all possible, the nominee's name and e-mail address otherwise). The papers had to be written and presented by a graduate student at ISA in Chicago earlier this year. The deadline for submissions is 30 September 2007. Send them to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cheers, Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 300 East 56th Street #11A New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20 Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20 Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
RE: GEP videos
I recommend Oasis of the Pacific http://www.oasisofthepacific.com/ which deals with damage to Pacific ecosystems. It is centered on the fate of Hawaii's reefs but is applicable well beyond that. Also, IISD's Inuit Observations on Climate Change is good at showing how climate change is happening now and what effect it is having in northern Canada. http://www.iisd.org/casl/projects/inuitobs.htm Finally, while I haven't seen this one, I have heard good things about it. The Basel Action Network has a film called The Digital Dump about e-waste. http://ban.org/films/TheDigitalDump.html In response to Beth, was it IMO's Invaders from the Sea http://www.imo.org/home.asp?topic_id=1472doc_id=7970 Cheers, Pam (Where it definitely isn't happy summer -- those of us in the Southern Hemisphere are in mid-winter, mid-semester right now. I've definitely learned to appreciate the challenges of antipodean life. I'll be back enjoying the Northern summer just in time to begin the Northern fall semester.) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 8/1/2007 7:25 p.m. To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: GEP videos Dear Colleagues, Provided I can find some very good ones, I want to show a few videos to my GEP students this fall. I'll probably show Gore's film (mostly as a case study of one person's role in GEP), but I'd like to have more videos that will inspire my students. I want films that will get them thinking about GEP generally or about their own role in it specifically. Videos that shake them up by depicting the consequences of consumption, pollution, killing of other species, etc would be good to have. Any suggestions? Happy summer to you all. Many thanks, Paul P.G. Harris International Environmental Studies Department of Political Science Lingnan University Tuen Mun, HONG KONG Tel: +852-2616-7199 Fax: +852-2891-7940 Email: pharris [at] LN.edu.hk http://www.ln.edu.hk/psd/ http://www.ln.edu.hk/projects/ecfp/Home Information transmitted in this message is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Do not share this message, information contained in it or its attachments without first receiving the written permission to do so from its author. The author/sender is not responsible or liable for any consequences arising from the forwarding or sharing of this message or its attachments. If you are not the addressee you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone and you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. The sender does not accept liability for this message or its contents, nor for any viruses that may be transmitted in or with this message or its attachments. Lingnan University - The Liberal Arts University in Hong Kong This message sent by Lingnan University webmail system https://newwebmail.ln.edu.hk https://newwebmail.ln.edu.hk/
RE: envlawprofessors: Climate Change Survey
While I am not an expert in this by any means, there is another factor and that is the media. The American media rarely reports on utility charges but reports on gasoline prices constantly. So the public knows from the media how much they are paying now, where in the country it is the highest, how much they paid this time last year, etc. However, it is rare that you get the same coverage on utilities -- gas, electric, oil, water. The only time I have heard mass media coverage of this has been the cost of heating oil in the winter and how landlords in big cities will have to pass the higher cost of heating on to their tenants. However, rarely do you have coverage of the prices like you do for gasoline. I guess you can blame this in part on the Lundberg Survey for making all of the gasoline information readily available for media use. Pam Pamela Chasek, PhD Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services Fulbright Senior Scholar School of Government Victoria University of Wellington 19 Highbury Road, Highbury, Wellington 6012 New Zealand +64-4-475-3078 (home) +64-21-0246-0480 (mobile) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of harrisc Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 6:06 AM To: 'Craig Oren'; 'Wil Burns' Cc: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: RE: envlawprofessors: Climate Change Survey i would agree with what craig (oren) said, and add that there is much greater short term variation in gasoline prices and at the same time not much convincing justification for those large, frequent variations is presented . . . in contrast, there are more gradual changes in electricity and natural gas costs, and there is less short term variation . . . many consumers are able to put their electricity and natural gas purchases on equal monthly payment plans . . . going back to wil's original response (what do consumers actually perceive), i'm not really up to date on this literature . . . it would be interesting to know if the survey that was originally cited did any immediate or subsequent follow-up to ask respondents why they are more willing to accept higher utility rates than higher gasoline prices . . . cheers, craig craig k harris department of sociology michigan agricultural experiment station national food safety and toxicology center institute for food and agricultural standards michigan state university http://www.msu.edu/~harrisc/ -Original Message- From: Craig Oren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 12:29 PM To: Wil Burns Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: RE: envlawprofessors: Climate Change Survey not to my knowledge. I think the difference is that gasoline prices are more visible to consumers than are utility bills, partly because gasoline prices are paid more often and affect an important daily activity. But that's just my guess. On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Wil Burns wrote: Hi Craig, Thanks for responding. You obviously know a lot more about utilities issues than I do; however, my question would be whether there's any empirical evidence that the general public comprehends the regulatory environment faced by utilities. wil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of harrisc Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:30 PM To: 'Wil Burns'; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: envlawprofessors: Climate Change Survey i don't think anyone on gep-ed responded to wil burns re-post of craig oren's message on the environmental law professors list . . . if someone did, i apologize for missing it . . . it occurs to me that u.s. citizens are willing to accept higher utility rates because those rates are largely controlled by state and (indirectly) federal public service commissions, but u.s. citizens are not willing to accept higher gasoline prices because those prices are not subject to any formal controls . . . i would suggest that u.s. consumers perceive gasoline wholesalers and retailers as already having set prices at a level that ensures a large profit, so consumers do not feel that they should have to pay any more . . . cheers, craig craig k harris department of sociology michigan agricultural experiment station national food safety and toxicology center institute for food and agricultural standards michigan state university http://www.msu.edu/~harrisc/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wil Burns Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 4:17 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: FW: envlawprofessors: Climate Change Survey FYI. wil Dr. Wil
Potential ISA paper looking for a home
Hi everyone: I have a possible ISA paper that is in search of a panel home. I was wondering if anyone was putting together a panel where this paper would fit in, before I submit it as an individual paper. Tentative title: The Downside of Universal Membership: The Buying and Selling of MEAs in the South Pacific Tentative Abstract: The explosion of multilateral environmental agreements over the past 20 years has done much to address pressing environmental problems at the international level. With implementation so hard to monitor in some cases and the ability to show environmental gains difficult at best, many treaty bodies and secretariats demonstrate their success by focusing on the number of parties and striving for universal treaty membership. This phenomena not only occurs within the environmental sector, but also in treaties on arms control and human rights. When representatives from Secretariats and other parties shop for new members, a fertile ground has been the 14 Pacific island countries. Promises of funding from the Global Environment Facility and bilateral and multilateral development assistance have sweetened the pot and encouraged many Pacific island countries to ratify treaties, some of which do not address issues of priority to them, such as the Convention to Combat Desertification. These countries already have difficulty in prioritizing environmental issues, but are also faced with coming to terms with the multitude of obligations that multilateral environmental agreements place on governments, acquiring the necessary financial resources and technical expertise, and working within environment agencies or units that tend to be under-staffed and under-resourced and have less influence in government processes and decision-making than economic development sectors. This paper will examine the pros and cons of universal treaty membership, identify the pressures that being a party to a MEA put on small developing countries, like the Pacific island countries, and review possible solutions for resolving this problem without necessarily withdrawing from the MEAs. Please let me know if you are interested - or if anyone wants to build a panel around the issue of treaty obligations or even Pacific environmental issues. The deadline is fast approaching. Thanks! Pam Pamela Chasek, PhD Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services Fulbright Senior Scholar School of Government Victoria University of Wellington 19 Highbury Road, Highbury, Wellington 6012 New Zealand +64-4-475-3078 (home) +64-21-0246-0480 (mobile) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org http://www.iisd.org/ IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca http://www.iisd.ca/ Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
RE: Campus Sustainability Course
I completely concur with Rich and Mic. Even if you get administration support it is not always the case. I had my class do an environmental assessment of the campus nearly 4 years ago. The students chose seven areas to examine (hazardous waste, solid waste and recycling, water usage, energy usage, new construction, food and mold problems) on campus. They divided into groups and each researched their area and contributed to a full report. While we got buy in from the adminstration at the get-go, they were less than forthcoming in providing the necessary information we needed and making themselves available for student interviews. When the final report was completed, we presented it to the College Senate and adminstration for action on our recommendations. Since we weren't mandated by the school to do this, they responded that they didn't have to respond to a student report or student recommendations. The report lingered in the College Senate and the various commisssions for nearly 18 months when they finally decided that they didn't have to respond. Thecollege president was particularly difficult and refused to even let the report be called an environmental audit but insisted that it was an assessment. Some of the students worked hard, but when the semester ended, no one really wanted to follow through on the Senate and administration side and try to see anything implemented. This is another problem with projects such as this. Unless you have a committed group of students and a good number of supportive faculty (a club or something) where the students will continue to fight for change, nothing will happen. Unfortunately, environmental apathy is alive and well on my campus. The other issue is that this is much too big to undertake in a single semester by undergraduates. Some of the students worked really hard and were very pro-active and others treated it just like another class. I'm sorry to sound so negative, but I felt that I put a lot of time into this for very little in the way of results. I'm sure there are some real success stories out there, but it helps if the administration is in favor of making the campus more sustainable. I'm more than happy to share with you the materials that we used and how we set up the report, along with the final report, if you are interested. Pam Pamela Chasek, PhD Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Service Fulbright Senior Scholar School of Government Victoria University of Wellington 19 Highbury Road, Highbury, Wellington 6012 New Zealand +64-4-475-3078 (home) +64-21-0246-0480 (mobile) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org http://www.iisd.org/ IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca http://www.iisd.ca/ Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wallace, Richard Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 3:41 PM To: Robert Darst Cc: GEP-Ed Subject: RE: Campus Sustainability Course Hi Rob, I teach the environmental studies senior seminar at Ursinus as a project course, and the last two years it has been devoted to campus sustainability issues. Last year the students wrote a campus sustainability master plan, and this year they are writing management plans for two large-scale and long-term campus projects (our organic garden and a constructed wetland). I think the course description for last year's effort might be helpful, and attach it here. In addition to the description of the course, the attachment includes links and cites for a number of resources that you might find useful. I fully concur with Mic Jackson's assessment of how it will run, and in fact would say that it probably can't be done (except as a purely academic exercise) without the involvement of the administration and facilities or physical plant leadership and staff. This was certainly true in our case. Our sustainability master planning process has been a fully cooperative process done with the blessing of the president, VP for finance, dean, and director of our Facilities Services Office. A dozen students collaborated on the plan. Two of the students are currently editing the plan into final shape, and all of them worked especially closely with the facilities director throughout. The students in the senior seminar made their final presentation of the draft master plan to the president last spring, and the entire process of writing the plan will have taken about a year. The time commitment aspect of this is important to recognize. While completing a sustainability master plan - or an! y campus sustainability project - is a valuable goal for getting students involved in and more aware of campus operations, it has required a long-term
RE: the american way of life is not up for negotiation
Here is the speech from Rio: http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92061200.html but he didn't say the American way of life is not negotiable there.Nor did he say it when signing the Climate Change Convention http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92061201.html At least according to the text of the speeches at the Bush Library. I'll keep looking. I probably have it in my notes from Rio in New York, but that won't help me now. Pam From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dale W Jamieson Sent: Thu 2/22/2007 7:42 p.m. To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: the american way of life is not up for negotiation we all know that bush said this or something like it at the rio earth summit, but does anyone have a good source for it? thanks dale ** Dale Jamieson Director of Environmental Studies Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy Affiliated Professor of Law New York University http://www.esig.ucar.edu/HP_dale.html Contact information: Steinhardt School, HMSS 246 Greene Street, Suite 300 New York NY 10003-6677 212-998-5429 (voice) 212-995-4832 (fax) Knowing what we know now, that you could vote against the war and still be elected president, I would never have pretended to support it.--Hilary Clinton parody on Saturday Night Live - Original Message - From: Beth DeSombre [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:38 pm Subject: Re: Compendium -- where we are Wright, Angus [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 5:55 PM -0500 wrote: I am struck--and I hope I have not missed anything here--by the lack of anything about agriculture and the environment. Is that a considered judgment or just a slip-up? Well, as I indicated in the message introducing the list, it was generatedentirely from suggestions from people on this list responding to my first call for suggestions. It simply means that no one suggested it the first time around -- precisely the reason I posted the list of suggestions I *had* received, so that people could look at what had not been suggested and speak up. Beth
RE: Why isn't the full WG1 report available until May?
When delegates agree to a report, the report is still not ready for public consumption. They have to go through everything and make sure it is grammatically correct and makes sense (to them, at least). It also may have to be translated into at least French and Spanish first. For those of you who are not on the Climate-L listserve: The IPCC AR4 WGI Summary for Policymakers, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis has been approved in Paris, at 22h35, Thursday February 1. The Earth Negotiations Bulletin summary of the meeting will be available online at: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/ipwg1 on Sunday, February 4. The Summary for Policymakers (SPM) will be officially presented on Friday, 2 February 2007, at 9:30 a.m. Central European Time (3:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time) in a press conference, which will be webcasted live. The SPM report will be made available online by the IPCC. For details, see the links section in our website: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/ipwg1 Pamela Chasek, PhD Executive Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Service 19 Highbury Road, Highbury, Wellington 6012 New Zealand New Zealand #: +64-4-475-3078 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Darst Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:52 AM To: Susi Moser Cc: GEP-Ed Subject: Re: Why isn't the full WG1 report available until May? Hi Susi, How mundane! The conspiracy theories are SO much more interesting. Check out http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=1101 for a contrarian example. BTW, if any of you are looking (like I was) for a primer to accompany the Executive Summary of AR4 WG1 (is that a postal code in London?), the first chapter of the full TAR WG1 report works very nicely. It IS available on the IPCC website! Best, Rob - Original Message - From: Susi Moser [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Darst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: GEP-Ed gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: Re: Why isn't the full WG1 report available until May? People need time to print it. I think that's all there is to it. The content of the SPM is now available! I'm not aware of the individual chapters existing anywhere in finished pdf.s Individual chapter lead authors may be willing to share them... Susi Robert Darst wrote: Hi everybody, Why is the full IPCC WG1 report being kept under wraps until May? Is there a political explanation? (The contrarian community, e.g., Climate Audit, certainly thinks so.) Second question: Is a draft of the full report available anywhere at this point? I find it hard to believe that the IPCC could manage to keep it off the web, but I haven't been able to find a copy. Thanks, Rob Assistant Professor of Political Science Associate Director of the Honors Program University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
RE: A request from SustainUS re: International Conferences
Check out: http://www.iisd.ca/upcoming/ Pam * Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA Tel: +1-212-888-2737 Fax: +1-646-219-0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca * -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruba Marshood Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:03 PM To: GepED listserve; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A request from SustainUS re: International Conferences Group of young environmental policy activists is seeking a hub for international environmental conferences. If you have suggestions, please send them on to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you - and happy post-Thanksgiving! best ruba -- Forwarded message -- From: Monika Kerdeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Nov 29, 2006 5:27 PM Subject: [SustainUS-Discussion] International Conferences To: SustainUS DC [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I was wondering if any of you out there might know where or have a convenient calender/list of international conferences? Mostly high level international conferences, UN, OPEC, WB, Africa/China summits, ect. Conferences where developing nations and or Developed countries are coming to the table to discuss governance, development, sustainable and or enviro issues. It might also be interesting if anyone knows of a conference that might involve some business leaders that have conferences that include government officials. Thanks for your help, Monika -- Monika Kerdeman I Treasurer I SustainUS [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.SustainUS.org __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members | Calendar PLEASE NOTE: The SustainUS Discussion listserve is open to a wide range of postings for discussion by members. Listserve postings do not necessarily represent the views of SustainUS and SustainUS does not endorse all issues/events advocated by individual members on this list. www.SustainUS.org Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe Visit Your Group SPONSORED LINKS Youth speaker At risk youth programs Sober living environment Youth soccer Environment Yahoo! Music Create your radio Only listen to the music you love. Yahoo! Mail Next gen email? Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. Y! Messenger PC-to-PC calls Call your friends worldwide - free! . __,_._,___
RE: Data on air travel pollution
Dear Jordi: Check out http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/csd9_bp9.pdf This may be able to give you some information. Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\pam\Local%20Settings\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jordi Diez Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 3:18 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Data on air travel pollution Dear friends: Would anyone know where I may be able to obtain data on pollution cause by air travel? I would ideally like to obtain some on the levels of pollution over the last 20 years. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Jordi Díez Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Guelph Room 539, Mackinnon Building Guelph ON N1G 2W1 Tel. (519) 824-4120, Extension 58937 www.uoguelph.ca/~jdiez
Ramsar Convention looking for Interns
I dont know if any of you have interested European students, but Announcement. Ramsar seeks Intern for Europe. The Ramsar Secretariat welcomes applications for the position of Intern / Assistant Advisor for Europe, a 12-month posting (possibly extendable up to 24 months) in the Ramsar Secretariat in Switzerland to begin in mid-February 2007. With an upper age limit for applicants of 30 years old, the post offers an opportunity for young graduates to become acquainted with the workings of an intergovernmental treaty dealing with the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Candidates for this internship should be nationals of countries in Europe and have lived most of their lives in the region. Full ability to work in English is required for this post, and knowledge of either French and/or Spanish would be a definite advantage. Prospective candidates: please view the General Terms of Reference for Ramsar internships on the Ramsar Convention Web site (also available from the Secretariat), which includes conditions of service and salary structure, and send the application form (Word, PDF) attached to the General Terms of Reference, a covering letter in English, explaining your interest in an internship with the Ramsar Secretariat and your future career goals, your CV, as well as the contact details of two referees from your previous supervisors or dean of the faculty where you carried out your studies, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The deadline for applications is 3 November 2006. [06/10/06] Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm
RE: impact of global environmental summits
Dear Liliana: This is a massive project and I strongly urge your student to narrow it down to either a few sectors or a single summit. I don't know if you can get a hold of it but Richard Sherman and I authored a book for the South Africans about the WSSD. It is called Ten Days in Johannesburg: A Negotiation of Hope. It was published by Struik in 2004, but I think it is no longer in print. Struik markets more in Europe than the US, which is unfortunate. Anyway, in this book we examine the major global environmental/sustainable development summits, with particular emphasis on the WSSD. I agree with what some of the others have written about focusing on national or even regional-level implementation might be good as well. Another way of possibly monitoring implementation, at least of UNCED, is through the reports that countries submit. Summaries of these reports are available on the CSD www site: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/natlinfo.htm Of course, you have to bear in mind that these are national governments reporting on their national implementation, but it does provide an interesting snapshot. As an aside, I wrote up a number of the summaries for the first round of the reports and some were clearly more comprehensive than others. Many listed everything they had ever done on a sector even before 1992, others were more focused. My favorite, however, was Belarus's report on the implementation of Chapter 17 of Agenda 21 (oceans). It was one line Belarus is a land-locked country. Let me know if you need any more assistance. Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Liliana Andonova Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:10 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: impact of global environmental summits Dear colleagues, A very good student in one of my GEP classes is determined to track/assess empirically in relatively specific terms the impacts of the global environmental summits. This seems to me a fairly difficult study to design and I was wondering if you could recommend literature on the topic. Thank you in advance. Liliana Liliana Andonova Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Government Department of Government Colby College 4000 Mayflower Hill Waterville, ME 04901
RE: Social effects of climate change on arctic peoples
You may also want to check out the IISD project on Inuit Observations on Climate Change. http://www.iisd.org/casl/projects/inuitobs.htm Pam ** Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Assistant Professor, Government Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wallace, Richard Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 11:06 AM To: NEES ([EMAIL PROTECTED]); gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; POLICY SCIENCES SOCIETY ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Subject: Social effects of climate change on arctic peoples Hi all, I write seeking a favor. I am having a hard time finding recent literature on the effects of climate change on peoples of the arctic. I have seen a couple of papers on the Inuvialuit (Riedlinger's 1999 paper on traditional environmental knowledge and Berkes and Jolly's 2001 paper on social-ecological resilience), but I have found little else. Can anyone suggest good works for undergrads with an interest in both climate change and Arctic Native Peoples? Thanks very much, and apologies for cross-postings. Cheers, Rich -- Richard L. Wallace Director, Environmental Studies Program Ursinus College P.O. Box 1000 Collegeville, PA 19426 (610) 409-3730 (610) 409-3660 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Easy to read climate book?
While it is not a coffee table book, Chris Spence's Global Warming: Personal Solutions for a Healthy Planet Palgrave: 2005, provides a user-friendly guide to what climate change is, how it affects you and what you can do about it. It is written in a more journalistic than academic style and is very readable -- no great photos though. Pam ** Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Assistant Professor, Government Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henrik Selin Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 5:08 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Easy to read climate book? A student asked me the following question: I would like to purchase a book that explains the specific effects of global warming (for instance, case studies on species). I am hoping to find a book that is easily read and includes photographs, something that I will be able to share with friends and family and use as a sort of coffee table book to explain global warming effects to people who don't understand the science of it. Any ideas and suggestions? Henrik
RE: UN Environment Conferences?
Dear Beth: Here are two suggestions. IISD published in 2002 a Sustainable Development Timeline, which can be downloaded for free at http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?id=479 Also, here is another list that we put together for a different book. Once again the list is focused on sustainable development, not just environment and focuses on the period up to Johannesburg. Both are not just conferences, but you can pick and choose. Hope this is helpful. Pam Box 2.3 From Stockholm to Johannesburg: Charting the multilateral process 1972Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment 1981First United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Paris 1987The Brundtland Commission's report, Our Common Future, is published 1989UN General Assembly Resolution 44/228 begins the process leading to the UN Conference on Environment and Development 1990Second United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries 1992United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the'Earth Summit') in Rio de Janeiro 1993World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna 1994Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small IslandDeveloping States in Bridgetown, Barbados 1994International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo 1994World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction in Yokohama, Japan 1994Convention to Combat Desertification adopted in Paris 1995World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen 1995Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing 1995After two years' of meetings, the Conference on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks concludes in New York 1996Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (HabitatII) in Istanbul, Turkey 1996World Food Summit in Rome 1997Earth Summit+5 in New York 1999Special Session of the General Assembly on Small Island Developing States in New York 1999Special Session of the General Assembly to Review the Implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD+5) in New York 2000The Millennium Summit: The role of the United Nations in the 21st Century, in New York 2000Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalised World, in Geneva 2000Special Session of the General Assembly to review the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women and of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - Beijing +5 in New York 2001Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Brussels 2002International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico 2002World Food Summit: Five years later, in Rome 2002World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beth DeSombre Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:41 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: UN Environment Conferences? If you were creating a somewhat exhaustive list of UN conferences with some focus on the environment, what would you include? Obviously those like UNCHE, UNCED, and WSSD and their interim events, but also, perhaps, things like Symposium on Patterns of Resource Use, Environment and Development Strategies (Cocoyoc, Mexico 1974), International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), and others? Suggestions for what should be on this list would be greatly appreciated. Beth
Manhattan College is looking for a Dean of Arts
Hi everyone: While I know this is not entire relevant to this list, we were asked to disseminate this announcement far and wide. Manhattan College, a small liberal arts college in the Lasallian Catholic tradition located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx has extended its search for a Dean of the School of Arts. Please pass along the attached announcement to anyone who you think may be interested. If you have any questions about the school or the position, I may be able to answer some of them for you. Thanks! Pam ** Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Assistant Professor, Government Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** DeanofArtsAd.doc Description: DeanofArtsAd.doc
RE: local impacts of and responses to climate change?
Dear Kate: IISD had a project a few years ago called the Inuit Observations on Climate Change. Check out http://www.iisd.org/casl/projects/inuitobs.htm You can also get a 42-minute or 14-minute summary video at http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=429 I've used the longer one in class, but I think that the 14-minute one would be sufficient. Pam ** Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Assistant Professor, Government Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kate O'Neill Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:58 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: local impacts of and responses to climate change? Dear all, I am looking for readings that will be accessible to upper division undergrads on the local impacts of, and responses to, climate change. If possible, I'd also love a piece that charts a shift to the local in understanding vulnerability/mitigation. Also, happy to hear about a range of national contexts (ie developed and developing countries). What I have: some excellent chapters in Jasanoff and Martello, Earthly Politics, Michele Betsill's piece in International Studies Quarterly on the cities and CC program, and a law review article on Inuit populations and CC I'll post a list of responses to the list. Basically, I'm designing a course (which starts on Wednesday!) on the local and transnational politics of GEP, using a case-study approach (oil, water, biotech, consumption, toxics, climate) - a bottom-up approach which is quite different from how I normally teach the subject. I'd be happy to send on the syllabus when it's done, if anyone's interested - and I'm very open to suggestions of must-reads on these general topics. all best for the New Year, Kate -- * Kate O'Neill Associate Professor Division of Society and Environment Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management University of California at Berkeley 135 Mulford Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-3114 Phone: 510 642 3747 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 129 Giannini Hall
RE: Text or video of Clinton's speech in Montreal? -- I think I found it.
Sorry to send out two e-mails this morning. I clicked send too soon I think I found it for you. Go to http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051209/clinton_climate_change_051209?s_name=no_ads= Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Darst Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 9:33 AM To: GEP-Ed Subject: Text or video of Clinton's speech in Montreal? Hi all, Has anyone come across the completevideo or text of Clinton's speech in Montreal? My students are interested. I trolled the internet this morning with absolutely no results, other than brief references to the flat wrong line in news stories. Thanks, Rob Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Global Challenges - Furthering the Multilateral Process for Sustainable Development
I thought I would pass this onto the list since a number of members of the list have contributed to this volume and we did present earlier versions of the research at the ISA conference in Portland in 2003. Pam Chasek Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce the publication on November 4th, 2005 of GLOBAL CHALLENGES FURTHERING THE MULTILATERAL PROCESS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Edited by Angela Churie Kallhauge, Gunnar Sjöstedt and Elisabeth Corell November 2005 | 320pp | 234 x 156 mm Hardback: ISBN 1 874719 51 9 | GBP35.00 USD65.00 * To place an order for this title at a discount of 10%, or to view 'The Multilateral Process for Sustainable Development: Past, Present and Future' by Angela Churie Kallhauge, Elisabeth Corell and Gunnar Sjöstedt online, please visit the Greenleaf website at: www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/globalch.htm You can also request a review copy or inspection copy from this site - see the home page: www.greenleaf-publishing.com * THE WORLD Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg 2002 was the latest conference in an international process to manage environment and development issues that can be traced back to the late 1960s. Three milestones mark this 30-year process of social and political interaction: the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE), held in Stockholm in 1972, the first international meeting at a high political level convened to address environmental issues; the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro; and the WSSD, which attempted to set policy goals and targets for the global environmental and developmental challenges previously identified. But what did the WSSD achieve? Following the summit there have been various opinions of its significance and its outputs, many of them negative. This book argues that there is a need to place the WSSD in its broader context. Understanding the connections between the WSSD and its precedents as well as those between this overall process and individual environmental decision-making processes (such as on climate change), and how they all contribute to the overall global policy process, adds a critical dimension to the analysis of the WSSD outcomes. This book examines the challenges facing the global policy process for sustainable development as it continues beyond Johannesburg into the future. It combines a forward outlook with a historical perspective in tracing the evolution of selected cross-cutting themes on the agenda of the three conferences, the institutions and formal results of the process, and the actors and their patterns of interaction over time. The focus is on the decision-making dimension--the multilateral negotiations--which can be seen as the development over time of a pattern of interlinked political activities. Global Challenges has four operational objectives: first, to define the ongoing process that formally began with the Stockholm Conference in 1972 and evolved towards its latest major manifestation at the WSSD; second, to present some dynamics of the Stockholm-Rio-Johannesburg (SRJ) process by exploring the themes identified; third, to introduce an approach on how to consider the outcomes of this process as a way of reflecting on what the process has actually accomplished; and, finally, to discuss lessons learned for theory and practice from this exercise. The practical lessons include reflections on how the continued SRJ process should best be organised and supported into the future. The book takes a uniquely broad outlook and interdisciplinary approach in addressing important lessons relating to the emergence of substantive issues as well as to process and institutional dynamics. It is a bridge-building exercise from academic analysis to long-term strategic thinking in environmental regime building. Global Challenges provides a new perspective on the continuing and increasingly complex global environment and development policy process and analyses the interlinkages between the process, trends and cross-cutting issues that set the conditions for the global efforts to achieve sustainable development. It will be essential reading for academics and practitioners interested in seeing the big picture of the global challenges facing people and planet in the 21st century. TABLE OF CONTENTS * Foreword I. William Zartman, School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University Introduction 1. The multilateral process for sustainable development: past, present and future Angela Churie Kallhauge, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Elisabeth Corell and Gunnar Sjöstedt, Swedish Institute of International Affairs 2. What did the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) accomplish? Suggestions for an outcome assessment Gunnar Sjöstedt, Swedish Institute
FW: The Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change.
In case any of you haven't seen this yet and may be interested... See below. Pam Pamela S. Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin IISD Reporting Services 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA Tel: +1 212-888-2737- Fax: +1 646 219 0955 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) www.iisd.org IISD Reporting Services - Earth Negotiations Bulletin www.iisd.ca Subscribe for free to our publications http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brown, Donald A (DEP) Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 8:02 AM To: Climate Change Info Mailing List Subject: The Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change. Most people assume that those interested in the ethical dimensions of climate change focus on the single question of what are human duties to protect plants, animals and humans from climate change, a question very relevant to the issue of setting an atmospheric GHG target. Yet, this is only one of many profound ethical questions entailed by climate change. A collaboration of nine organizations around the world will be holding a side event and a two day meeting on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change in Montreal. The side event will take place on Monday, December 5th at 6:00 pm in Room 2. The side event will, among other things, make the case for why ethics needs to be expressly integrated into climate change science and economics because these policy discourses often hide and distort the important ethical questions raised by climate change. The questions that this group will be considering include: 1. Responsibility for Damages: Who is ethically responsible for the consequences of climate change, that is, who is liable for the burdens of: a. preparing for and then responding to climate change (i.e. adaptation) or b. paying for unavoided damages? 2. Atmospheric Targets: What ethical principles should guide the choice of specific climate change policy objectives, including but not limited to, maximum human-induced warming and atmospheric greenhouse gas targets? 3. Allocating GHG Emissions Reductions: What ethical principles should be followed in allocating responsibility among people, organizations, and governments at all levels to prevent ethically intolerable impacts from climate change? 4. Scientific Uncertainty: What is the ethical significance of the need to make climate change decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty? 5. Cost to National Economies: Is the commonly used justification of national cost for delaying or minimizing climate change action ethically justified? 6. Independent Responsibility to Act: Is the commonly used reason for delaying or minimizing climate change action that any nation need not act until others agree on action ethically justifiable? 7. Potential New Technologies: Is the commonly used justification for delaying or minimizing climate change action that new less-costly technologies may be invented in the future ethically justifiable? 8 Procedural Fairness: What principles of procedural justice should be followed to assure fair representation in decision-making? Anyone interested in working on these issues in Montreal or later should contact Don Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information on this, the Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change has a website at http://rockethics.psu.edu/climate/index.htm. Donald A. Brown, Esq. Director, Pennsylvania Consortium for Interdisciplinary Environmental Policy, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State University 717-783-8504, [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to climate-l as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Subscribe to Linkages Update to receive our fortnightly, html-newsletter on what's new in the international environment and sustainable development arena: http://www.iisd.ca/email/subscribe.htm - Archives of Climate-L and Climate-L News are available online at: http://www.iisd.ca/email/climate-L.htm - Archives of Water-L and Water-L News are available online at: http://www.iisd.ca/email/water-L.htm
RE: CSD?
Hi Beth: I will be happy to give you the links (and texts) of a couple of articles written on this. I did an analysis of the first five years and Lynn Wagner has also done a paper on this that is forthcoming, I think. Unfortunately, I have all of that at home and I am in my office. I'll send you more tonight. If you want to talk about it, I'd be happy to talk. I have lived and breathed the CSD since the beginning. Just let me know. Pam Chasek From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Beth DeSombre Sent: Thu 10/6/2005 9:43 AM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: CSD? I give up. I'm trying to understand the Commission on Sustainable Development -- to figure out what it actually accomplishes (or doesn't). Any suggestions of good analytical articles are welcomed (I've read my way through all the ENB reports and the CSD's own website, but want some outsider perspectives) -- I'm just not finding anything useful. Help! Thanks, Beth Elizabeth R. DeSombre Wellesley College
ISA Panel Proposal -- Call for papers
Hi everyone! As I mentioned at ISA in Honolulu, I was thinking of putting together a panel at ISA 2006 on North vs South in Multilateral Environmental Negotiations. Since this fits in with the theme of the conference, and with environmental negotiations and with my research interests, I thought this would be a natural for a panel. I havent written a description of the panel yet I want to wait and see what types of paper ideas I get. I already have two, but need 2-3 more. If anyone is interested in submitting an abstract for this panel, please let me know soon. The deadline for panel submissions is June 1 and I would like to have indications of interest to be followed by an abstract as soon as possible. If you do not want to present a paper, but wish to serve as a chair or a discussant, please let me know as well. Thanks! Pam ** Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Assistant Professor, Government Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **
RE: Public opinion and climate change
Hi all: For those of you who were at ISA, I raised this issue in one of the panels and a number of people questioned my comment. There is actually quite a bit of evidence that I have received from inside the evangelical environmental community. First, there was an article all about this in the New York Times on March 10th. http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050310/ZNYT02/503100853 Heres a link to a related Washington Post story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1491-2005Feb5.html Here is the text of an e-mail I received recently from a leading environmentalist (and president of a major US environmental group) as well as an evangelical: A recent internal poll found that evangelical's concern for the environment jumped nearly 20 points in the last year. Climate change heads the list along with mercury pollution and its threat to the unborn. I do not know of a single Evangelical Christian who believes that we should wreck the environment so God can return. The polls show that Christians understand their stewardship responsibility at about the same level as the rest of America. After the Washington Post piece appeared, I got a call on Thursday from James Watt repudiating that statement attributed to him. He said that he is getting a lot of pressure from the evangelical community about his past positions. He was very upset. He contends that he never said what the papers say he said. Yet I have staff who heard him say that in a hearing. If he said it, he was wrong and way out of line. The book of Revelation promises that in the final hour God will act by destroying those who destroy the earth. (Revelation 11:17) I think Watt needs to get on his knees. The good news in this is if Watt is feeling the pressure, the lawmakers are getting it too. Steve Johnson the new acting EPA administrator is an evangelical. Why did Bush appoint him? Was it because he's a scientist? Maybe but I don't think it stops there. Bush is hearing the evangelical voice and he wants someone who can talk with them. I got an e-mail from David Saperstein. He is thrilled by what is happening. He understands the shift that is occurring. Note: Rabbi David Saperstein is the director of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism in Washington, DC. I have known him since I was in high school. He has been very active in interfaith environmental cooperation. At this point, many believe that the only way to get movement in Washington is not through traditional environmentalists but from evangelical and other religious environmentalists. There have been many who have always believed but now they are actually mobilizing around it. Well see if it is effective. Pam Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA tel: +1-212-888-2737 fax: +1-646-219-0955 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iisd.ca/linkages From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stacy vandeveer Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:55 PM To: Susi Moser; Wil Burns Cc: 'Paul Steinberg'; GEP-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Re: Public opinion and climate change Hi all, I have been hearing various claims about religious Americans and climate change. I am wondering what evidence there is for this. That is, are there really any empirics? Any evidence of CHANGE in such views? --Stacy At 04:24 PM 4/13/2005 -0600, Susi Moser wrote: hi again - There is actually quite a shift going on in certain portions of the public -- the religious side, the financial/business side, even in the environmental community, broadly writ. It's an interesting change to observe. In any case, I forgot one earlier: Williams, J. L. 2001. The Rise and Decline of Public Interest in Global Warming: Toward a Pragmatic Conception of Environmental Problems. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Huntington, New York. Susi Wil Burns wrote: I would also add that the CEO of Duke Energy called for a carbon tax a few days ago and criticized Bush for not doing enough about climate change. Couple this with the call by folks e.g. Frank Gaffney and Bud McFarlane to consider energy dependence a paramount security issue (though this may resulting plumping for more coal and nuclear use domestically, so not necessarily a positive development on the climate change front) and we do indeed have a potential sea change of public opinion on this matter ahead. Whether it will attain sufficient issue saliency to influence politicos remains to be seen. Jim Ball is still on the fringes of the evangelical movement for me, but if folks like the National Association of Evangelicals really devote some political capital to this, wow! wil From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Paul Steinberg Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 1:28 PM To: GEP-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: Public opinion and climate change In a
from today's New York Times
I thought that this would interest everyone. The article is in today (Sunday, February 6, 2005) New York Times. Pam Paper Sets Off a Debate on Environmentalism's Future By FELICITY BARRINGER MIDDLEBURY, Vt. - The leaders of the environmental movement were livid last fall when Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, two little-known, earnest environmentalists in their 30's, presented a 12,000-word thesis arguing that environmentalism was dead. It did not help that the pair first distributed their paper, The Death of Environmentalism, at the annual meeting of deep-pocketed foundation executives who underwrite the environmental establishment. But few outside the movement's inner councils paid much attention at first. Then came the November election, into which groups like the Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters poured at least $15 million, much of it to defeat President Bush, whose support for oil drilling and logging, and opposition to regulating greenhouse gases have made him anathema to environmental groups. Instead, Mr. Bush and Congressional champions of his agenda cemented their control in Washington at a time when battles loom over clean air and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Now a debate about the future of environmentalism is ricocheting around the Internet about the authors' notion of, in Mr. Shellenberger's words, abolishing the category of environmentalism and embracing a wider spectrum of liberal issues to release the power of progressivism. Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, began things in the fall with a bristling 6,000-word denunciation of Mr. Shellenberger's and Mr. Nordhaus's paper. An online magazine, Grist.org, has started a forum to debate their ideas and their assertions that environmentalism has become just another special interest. One writer called the paper ridiculous and self-serving. Another wrote simply, I'm not dead. Others have embraced the paper. The article articulates exactly my feelings about the environmental movement, one enthusiast wrote. Mr. Nordhaus, 38, is a pollster, and Mr. Shellenberger, 33, is a strategist and the executive director of the Breakthrough Institute, a new organization that advocates putting progressive values to work to solve problems. They are receiving an increasing number of speaking invitations like the one that brought them here to Middlebury College in central Vermont recently, where they spoke at a conference on rethinking the politics of climate. The election results may not have been the only reason they have struck a nerve. Other nagging concerns abound, like worries about the effect of repeated defeats on morale and concerns about image; a recent survey conducted for the Nature Conservancy suggested that the group use the term conservationist rather than environmentalist. To a large extent, most of us in the environmental movement think most people agree with us, said Bill McKibben, a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and the author of The End of Nature, a 1989 book on global warming. But Mr. McKibben, who called Mr. Shellenberger and Mr. Nordhaus the bad boys of American environmentalism, said their data showed that the kind of political support the movement had in the late 1970's had come and gone. The political ecosystem is as real as the physical ecosystem so we might as well deal with it, he said. Their paper asserts that the movement's senior leadership was blinded by its early successes and has become short-sighted and just another special interest. Its gloomy warnings and geeky, technocentric policy prescriptions are profoundly out of step with the electorate, Mr. Shellenberger and Mr. Nordhaus say. We have become convinced that modern environmentalism, with all of its unexamined assumptions, outdated concepts and exhausted strategies, must die so that something new can live, they wrote. As proof, they cite the debate on global warming and the largely unsuccessful push for federal regulation of industrial and automobile emissions. They avoided making tactical prescriptions, but they did chide the movement for its limited efforts to find common ground with other groups, like labor and urged their compatriots to tap into the country's optimism. Mr. Nordhaus, who works at Evans/McDonough, an opinion research company, told the student-dominated conference at Middlebury College that environmentalists have spent the last 25 or 30 years telling people what they cannot aspire to. Given the can-do spirit of the country, that isn't going to get you very far, he said. The authors' arguments are based partly on data from a Canadian polling company, Environics, that show American voters edging away from the environmentalists and some of their allies. For example, the percentage of the 2,500 people in the poll who agree that pollution is necessary to preserve jobs rose from 17 percent in 1992 to 29 percent in 2004. The paper - based largely on interviews
RE: NGOs and climate change science and policy making
Title: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Hi everyone! Ive followed this discussion with interest. I know that Michele Betsill and Elisabeth Corell have been working on this very issue http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/PoliSci/fac/mb/NGO%20Influence.pdf in environmental negotiations, which is the same area I have looked at it, but not nearly as systematically as Michele and Elisabeth. I know that they have requested a number of case studies to illustrate their premises and perhaps one of them might be able to respond to this more in detail. In my research, I found that NGOs tend to have more of an influence in the earlier stages of negotiations, especially during agenda setting and when governments are first putting together their positions for a series of negotiations. I have not differentiated whether they are more effective in the science or the policy area. During the final stages of the negotiations, NGOs tend to be much less effective because by that point unless the NGOs are on government delegations as advisers, they tend to be closed out from the negotiations on the most difficult issues. It is at this stage that they tend to play a stronger role in public awareness. At this point, however, public pressure does not play as strong a role as peer pressure and time pressure, at least in the cases I have studied. The problem is that this is the time when many NGOs decide to turn up at negotiations the time where they have the least potential for influence. This goes for treaty negotiations as well as Summits and other world conferences. In addition, if you differentiate between developed and developing countries, NGOs have more influence with developing countries in the earlier stages of the negotiations when they can help with capacity building activities and help developing countries articulate their positions. This had been effective in the climate change negotiations, the desertification negotiations, to name two. Perhaps the biggest role that NGOs could play is in bridging the science-policy gap. Most negotiators of MEAs from developing countries are not scientists and dont always understand the science. Nor can they afford to have scientific advisors present at the negotiations. As a result, they revert to stuff they know, ie., calling for new and additional financial resources, capacity building, technology transfer, rhetoric and procedural wrangling. In a survey I did of developing country negotiators, they overwhelmingly responded that they dont need training in how to be negotiators but in how to understand the scientific issues under negotiation. As weve seen from Kevin Stairs (Greenpeace) work on hazardous wastes and the Basel Convention, this potentially could yield major dividends for NGOs and greatly increase their influence. I hope these Friday night ramblings with children playing computer games in the background make some sense. Pam Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA tel: +1-212-888-2737 fax: +1-646-219-0955 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iisd.ca/linkages ** Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Assistant Professor, Government Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil E Harrison Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 6:35 PM To: Henrik Selin (E-mail); Paul Steinberg (E-mail); Cristina M Balboa (E-mail); Leonard Hirsch (E-mail); Wil Burns (E-mail); Raul Pacheco (E-mail) Cc: Geped list (E-mail) Subject: NGOs and climate change science and policy making Raul, Paul, Cristina, Leonard, Wil, Henrik and Gepeders: Thanks for your messages. In wintry Wyoming, any feedback is welcome. But it seems that my comments have started an interesting thread that deserves further investigation. In our book, Gary and I asked two general questions: how do science and politics interact? and how does that interaction affect policy? Thus, we made no assumption and did not rely on any belief that NGOs are important actors in the interaction of science and politics and therefore influence policy. I agree with Raul and Cristina: as seen in the Mexican biosphere reserve case, in some issues NGOs can lead the process or be highly influential in policy. In the biosphere case the US was uninterested and Mexico was largely incapable. NGOs partly filled the gap. Cristina suggests that where there is a governance gap, NGOs can be effective. TENGOs, as she calls them, have been influential in implementing Brazilian environmental and community development laws (articles on this by Celina Souza and me are currently in review). From my recent research on sustainable development in Costa Rica, national NGOs and community groups are doing what the national government in principle
RE: GEPED question: heads of state attending UNCED
I'm checking my records now. Hopefully, I'll have something soon. Pam Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA tel: +1-212-888-2737 fax: +1-646-219-0955 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iisd.ca/linkages -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Levy Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:40 PM To: 'Ken Conca'; gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: RE: GEPED question: heads of state attending UNCED I'm still curious enough to look in my attic tonight for my own records, but this collection lists 104 heads of state. http://www.idrc.ca/esummit/econtent.htm Go down a few screens to the section labeled Heads of State/Government, Rio Summit Segment Only - Marc -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Conca Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:14 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: GEPED question: heads of state attending UNCED TO: GEPED list Has anyone seen a list of the countries for which a head of state or government attended the 1992 UNCED meeting/Earth Summit? I have seen numerous references to the figure 108 heads of state in attendance (as well as some discrepant figures), but I cannot locate anything naming the actual states involved. We were hoping to use it as a crude indicator of the political salience of the conference in that state at that time. Thanks for any suggestionskc Dr. Ken Conca Associate professor of Government and Politics Director, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda Department of Government and Politics University of Maryland 3140 Tydings Hall College Park MD 20742 USA 301-405-4125 voice 301-314-9690 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bsos.umd.edu/harrison
RE: GEPED question: heads of state attending UNCED
Dear Ken: I have a source but not the definitive answer. According to the report of the Earth Summit, A/CONF.151/26 (Vol. IV), Chapter VI, Summit Segment of the Conference states the following: The Summit Segment of the Conference was held on 12 and 13/June/1992. One hundred and two heads of State or Government or their personal representatives made statements. The statements are reproduced in volume/V of the present report. This doesn't include those who spoke at the opening: Fernando Collor (the Brazilian host), His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Prime Minister of Norway and Mario Soares, President of Portugal, who all spoke at the opening of the Conference on 3 June 1992. The statements of the last four are included in the same document http://www.un.org/esa/documents/ga/conf151/aconf15126-4.htm. That leaves us with 106. This is further compounded by the fact that Brundtland spoke twice -- once as Chair of the WCED and once as Norway. Furthermore, these were heads of state or their personal reps so some of them weren't even really heads of state. So, I'm not sure what to tell you. All of the other speeches are in Vol. V, which I don't have. If you really need it, I can probably go over to the Secretariat and find the document. Let me know if you want me to look for it. Finally, the Earth Summit Bulletin does contain summaries and some of the names: http://www.iisd.ca/vol02/0211002e.html and http://www.iisd.ca/vol02/0212004e.html A few more names are at http://www.iisd.ca/vol02/0212005e.html We never got a complete number of speakers. At the time, we had no idea that the Bulletin would become what it is today, so we really didn't take ourselves seriously. Pam Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA tel: +1-212-888-2737 fax: +1-646-219-0955 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iisd.ca/linkages -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Conca Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:14 PM To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Subject: GEPED question: heads of state attending UNCED TO: GEPED list Has anyone seen a list of the countries for which a head of state or government attended the 1992 UNCED meeting/Earth Summit? I have seen numerous references to the figure 108 heads of state in attendance (as well as some discrepant figures), but I cannot locate anything naming the actual states involved. We were hoping to use it as a crude indicator of the political salience of the conference in that state at that time. Thanks for any suggestionskc Dr. Ken Conca Associate professor of Government and Politics Director, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda Department of Government and Politics University of Maryland 3140 Tydings Hall College Park MD 20742 USA 301-405-4125 voice 301-314-9690 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bsos.umd.edu/harrison
RE: good student papers ??
Dear Stacy: You have given me the perfect procrastination from my grading. If your school has a chapter of Sigma Iota Rho, the International Studies Honor Society, a student can submit a paper to the Journal of International Relations. I've attached the call for submissions. Of course, the paper should be about an international topic, rather than a domestic topic. Happy grading! Pam ** Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Assistant Professor, Government Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stacy vandeveer Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: good student papers ?? Gep-ed Colleagues, Like most of you, I suspect, I often have 2 or 3 students (grad and/or undergraduate) whose semester research papers are considerably more ambitious, innovative and well researched than the others. In other words, of a couple papers really stand out. So, I have questions for you... 1) Are there places for publication of student papers that you would recommend? 2) If there is interest, I wonder if those of us who meet at the ESS section of the International Studies Associate might think more about how we might give outlets for these exception student papers. On on-line journal or working paper series, perhaps? Something to highlight good student work from those who are not writing a dissertation(not that there's anything wrong with that!) Just December thoughts and questions that are happily distracting me from doing THE REST of my grading... --Stacy Stacy D. VanDeveer 2003-06 Ronald H. O'Neal Professor Department of Political Science University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 T: 603-862-0167 F: 603-862-0178 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SIR call for submissions.doc Description: SIR call for submissions.doc
Seeking comments and suggestions on Porter, Brown and Chasek's GEP book
Greetings everyone! While I have responded many times to this list, this is the first time I am initiating a posting. I was informed today that Westview would like to publish a 4th edition of Global Environmental Politics, hopefully to be ready for use in Spring 2006 classes. The 3rd edition, written by Gareth Porter, Janet Welsh Brown and myself, came out in 2000. I suggested to Westview that we solicit comments, suggestions, etc. on the 4th edition from this list, in addition to the usual peer comments that they will be soliciting. Remarkably, they agreed. Therefore, if any of you have used the book in your classes, could you take a little time to share your thoughts, comments and suggestions for the next edition? I would really appreciate your input. I have many thoughts about the revision, but I want to get your ideas as well. At this point, I do not yet know if either of the other co-authors will be working on the fourth edition. However, in the meantime, I have been asked to submit a revision plan. Therefore, any comments you could send me by September 15th would be most appreciated. Thank you all, and good luck with the beginning of the semester. Pam Pamela Chasek, Ph.D. Director, International Studies Manhattan College Riverdale, NY 10471 USA tel: +1-718-862-7248 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Editor, Earth Negotiations Bulletin 212 East 47th Street #21F New York, NY 10017 USA tel: +1-212-888-2737 fax: +1-212-644-0206 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iisd.ca/linkages
