Notes 331of capability and need between developed and developing nations; (5) the
establishment of a cooperative plan for educating the world’s citizens about
our global environment. Consider these five goals. Are they sufficiently com-
prehensive? Are there important goals that he has omitted?
5 How do you think governments can best move forward towards strategic
goals for the environment? How can citizens be persuaded to contribute to
government action if it involves making sacrifices, for example paying more
in tax?
6 Can you add to the list in the box at the end of the chapter of contributions
that the individual can make?
7 The Jubilee 2000 campaign has worked towards the cancellation of Third
World debt possibly in return for appropriate environmental action. Discuss
whether this is a good idea and how it might be made more successful.
8 Millions of people (especially children) die in the world’s poorer countries
because they lack clean water. It is sometimes argued that the resources that
might be used in reducing carbon dioxide emissions would be better used in
making sure that everyone has access to clean water. Do you agree with this
argument? If so how could the result be realised in practice?
9 It has been suggested that anthropogenic climate change should be consid-
ered as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Discuss the validity of this compar-
ison.
10 Consider the requirements for the conception and conduct of research that are
detailedon page 327–8. Do you consider that they could be components ofa
check-list against which research proposals might be judged? How far does
the research are in which you are engaged or do the research programmes
with which you are connected fulfil these requirements?
Notes for Chapter 12
1 Tickell, C. 1986.Climatic Change and World Affairs, second edition.
Boston: Harvard University Press.
2 The International Red Cross/Red Crescent has set up a Climate Centre
based in The Netherlands as a bridge between Climate Change and Disaster
Preparedness. The activities of the Centre are concerned with Awareness
(information and education), Action (development of climate adaptation in
the context of Disaster Preparedness programmes) and Advocacy (to ensure
that policy development takes into account the growing concernabout the
impacts of climate change and utilises existing experience with climate
adaptation and Disaster Preparedness).
3 Synthesis of Scientific-Technical Information Relevant to Interpreting Article
2 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. 1995. Geneva:
IPCC, p. 17.
4 Many of the world’s national academies of science led by the Royal Society in
London have joined together in a report pointing this out. See Appendix B in
Towards Sustainable Consumption: a European Perspective. 2000. London:
Royal Society.