Karen_A._Mingst,_Ivan_M._Arregu_n-Toft]_Essentia

392 CHAPTER TEn ■ ­Human Ri­ht neighboring countries of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. Each country has handled the situatio ...

Contending Perspectives on Responding to Human Rights Abuses 393 Henry Kissinger has warned, a wise realist policy maker would n ...

394 CHAPTER TEn ■ ­Human Ri­ht Discussion Questions Which rights do you think should have priority? Political- civil rights? So ...

Contending Perspectives on Responding to Human Rights Abuses 395 Key Te r m s crimes against humanity (p. 379) cultural relativi ...

11 Only 12 feet above the current sea level, Dhaka, Bangladesh, is often hit by floods and tropical cyclones. It is estimated th ...

397 T he real ity of climate change has already begun to affect some groups of people. In small island states and low- lying are ...

The Environment— Protecting the Global Commons The environment powerfully affects the quality of our individual and collective l ...

The Environment— Protecting the Global Commons 399 others, such as many metals, are recyclable; but some—in par tic u lar petrol ...

400 CHAPTER ElEvEn ■ TransnaTional issues even necessary to value the future quality of the earth’s air, water, and land. Both p ...

The Environment— Protecting the Global Commons 401 Pollution and climate change As pressures on the global commons mount, the qu ...

402 CHAPTER ElEvEn ■ TransnaTional issues 100— before making its way into rivers. Once in the water, the sludge killed fish and ...

TABLE 11.1 WorLd CArBon dioxidE Emissions By rEgion (miLLion mETriC Tons CArBon dioxidE) Region 2010 2015* 2020* 2030* 2040* Av ...

404 CHAPTER ElEvEn ■ TransnaTional issues diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of green house gases have incr ...

The Environment— Protecting the Global Commons 405 of states seeking to slow, halt, and reverse global warming have aimed too hi ...

406 CHAPTER ElEvEn ■ TransnaTional issues the human cost of clImate change Behind The headlines If climate change continues, sma ...

The Environment— Protecting the Global Commons 407 when beaches erode, coral reefs are polluted, and the quality of drinking wat ...

408 CHAPTER ElEvEn ■ TransnaTional issues of state interests, including economic development and national security. Climate chan ...

The Environment— Protecting the Global Commons 409 Mediterranean coast. And the country has been a leader in desalination: now h ...

410 CHAPTER ElEvEn ■ TransnaTional issues did acknowledge wars, famine, or moral restraint as ways to check excessive population ...

The Environment— Protecting the Global Commons 411 wars. Both liberals and radicals see these possibilities as confirming that t ...