In a world with more devastating natural disasters; in a world with rising oceans; in a world with melting polar caps, a debate about the environment is inevitable. The PO 231 World Politics class is taking an initiative to contribute to this ongoing discussion by making Environmental Protection the central topic of the course.
On October 18th and 21st, the class will be presenting their papers all of which addresses the issues with topics that analyze not only specific processes and institutions such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change but also broader socio-economic issues related to Environmental Protection such as Food and Agriculture, Natural and Cultural Heritage and Development.
More specifically, the Conference will be separated into two different parts. During the first day we will be looking at global issues with and hearing the following presentations:
| Air, water and land pollution | Donna AL-SUDAIRI |
| Biological diversity | Edward WHITE |
| Climate change | Courtney QUINNEY |
| Desertification | Sinan AKANAY |
| Development | Anthony CONNOR |
| Food and agriculture | Stefan PADURARU |
| Human rights and security | Natan BOGIN |
| Natural and cultural heritage | Pauline GUILLONNEAU |
| Tourism | Volker ARRINGER |
| Transport | Keith RIORDAN |
During the second day we will be focusing on the global processes that have started as a response to the Environmental problem and hearing the following presentations:
| United Nations Environment Programme | Sebastiano LUSTIG |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Zoja SURROI |
| Global Environmental Fund (1991) | Tsz Lun (Allison) SO |
| Agenda 21 (1992) | Linda KNAYER |
| Millennium Development Goals (2000) | Lewis SANDERS |
| 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands | Felipe JORGE |
| 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention | Anne JAKOBSEN |
| 1992 Rio de Janeiro UN Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) | Fernando SCODRO |
1 comment:
Nice going guys.
I´m sure this blog will give us a lot of nice posts so we can learn more about Environmental Protection
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