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Environmental Degradation Why do we Care? (or do we?)

Environmental Degradation Why do we Care? (or do we?). Environmental problems are global Biodegenerative activities of 7bn people More contemporary crises are man made Environmental insecurity - > economic uncertainty Cute polar bears!. They solicit different response

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Environmental Degradation Why do we Care? (or do we?)

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  1. Environmental DegradationWhy do we Care? (or do we?) • Environmental problems are global • Biodegenerative activities of 7bn people • More contemporary crises are man made • Environmental insecurity -> economic uncertainty • Cute polar bears!

  2. They solicit different response • But both are endangered species • And tuna is more commercially useful

  3. Tuna overfishing • The was significant overfishing of tuna using purse nets • Environmentalist Activities went nowhere • …until environmentalist got a new ally • Dolphins were suffocated by being Contained in purse like submerged nets • NGOs did not go after tuna, rather focused on “protecting dolphins.” • Americans love their dolphins • American consumers boycotted tuna captured with purse nets • – the world followed

  4. Transnational Advocacy Networks • “Mobilize information strategically to help create new issues and categories […] and [to] gain leverage over much more powerful organizations and governments” (Karnst and Mingst 89). TANs: • Promote norm convergence and harmonization • Pressure target actors to adopt policies • Monitor compliance/implementation

  5. Global Climate Change (Warming) • Scientific Consensus = it is happening • Legitimate controversy: how much of it is human caused? • Pakistan: 1/5 Pakistan under water (310000 sq. miles); 2000 dead, total economic loss of $43 billion • Australia: 2/3 Queensland under water, highest ever recorded, $30billion reduction in GDP • Brazil Flood – est. $2-11 billion • Why should we care?

  6. Politics of TANs • The Use of political framing: • Information politics • Symbolic politics • Leverage politics • Accountability politics

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