Summing up and review for exam PEEP

1
Summing up and review for exam(PEEP)

• 12 October 2005
• Lisa Van Well

2
Course Objectives

• To understand the relevance of the political,
  social and economic systems in addressing
  environmental issues.
• To illustrate how specific economic and political
  concepts have been applied to environmental
  issues values, ideas, interests, burden
  sharing, efficiency, cost/benefit etc.
• To recognize the influence of socio-economic and
  cultural differences related to environmental and
  economic decisions. 
• To gain an understanding of economic and
  political tools to solve environmental problems
• To understand to relationship between
  politics/economy and planning processes

3
PEEP course topics

• Political Economy a historical perspective
• Ecological Economics theories and tools
• Economic World Order and Demography (Gapminder)
• Economic models of evaluation
• Economic and other policy instruments

• International Environmental negotiations
• Climate change and fairness
• Diplomacy for sustainability
• Science and global climate change

4
(No Transcript)
5
Exam

• Friday, 21 October 14.00-18.00 (not 19.00)
• Material from
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Compendium
• EE book
• Various types of questions (separate and
  integrated)

6
Key issues to defining SD (EE p. 4)

• What is the correct level of environmental
  protection? How is it measured?
• How should this be decided?
• How should this be achieved?
• Who should bear the cost?
• What is most effective? What is most fair?

7
Key Themes-part 1

• Values (cultural myths, norms, politics, rational
  man vs altruism)
• How is society possible? (Barter, redistributive,
  market economies, Dalys 3 dimensions of
  ecological economy)
• Growth vs Development vs Sustainable Development
  and indicators or such problems?
• Economic approach to Environmental valuation and
  techniques, Cost-benefit analysis
• Eco-concepts marginal utility, public, common
  and private goods, externality, carrying
  capacity, WTP/WTA

8
Key Themes- part 2

• Distributive vs integrative bargaining
• Elements of a negotiation, properties of
  multi-lateral negotiation, process-description
• Special attributes of environmental negotiations
  and facilitating factors
• Consensual knowledge, interests vs strategies
• Climate change What is fair? Who bears
  responsibility? Methods for adaptation and
  mitigation
• New diplomacy for Sustainable Development
• What happens in negotiations?

9
Cultural Myths, justice and provision of
goods/resources
10
How can we deliver sustainable development?

• We reply on public, private and common pool
  resource provision for both growth and
  development
• Ways to make sustainable development concrete?
• What types of people or groups are involved in
  this?

11
More help? Questions?

• Office hours before exam
• Rebhieh Friday, Oct. 14, 09.00-12.00
• Lisa Tuesday, Oct. 18, 13.30-17.00
• Or e-mail us anytime!

12
Finally,

• Register on list (in class) and in the entryway
  of DKV 30 (ground floor)
• Paper dictionary allowed
• One question per page!
• Make sure you are registered in LADOK!
• Re-examination Wed, Jan. 11 08.00-13.00 be
  sure to register