The Political Economy of Climate Change
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Guest webinar at the Brisbane Graduate School of Business at QUT, Australia. Delivered using Elluminate.
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The Political Economy of Climate Change
- 1. The Political Economy of Climate Change Professor Jeremy B Williams www.jeremybwilliams.net 4 October 2009
- 3. 1) WHY SOME BELIEVE THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
- 4. © Jeremy B. Williams 2007 1.Doubts about the science
- 5. © Jeremy B. Williams 2007
- 6. Image source: healthandenergy.com/global_warming_cartoons.htm
- 7. 2.We will invent our way out of trouble
- 8. © Jeremy B. Williams 2007 3.Think about today not the future
- 9. A concern for the future “ I conceive that land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless members are unborn”. Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72) Ghanaian leader
- 10. 1.Doubts about the science 3.Think about today not the future 2.We will invent our way out of trouble Bordering on the absurd Ignores precautionary principle Unethical
- 11. 2) WHY WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
- 12. © Jeremy B. Williams 2007
- 19. 2005: CO 2 = 379ppm
- 22. Upsala Glacier, Argentina 1928 2004
- 23. Blomstrandbreen Glacier, Norway 1922
- 24. Blomstrandbreen Glacier, Norway 2002
- 25. The Imja Glacier, Himalayas
- 26. The Imja Glacier, Himalayas
- 28. Guandong, China, July 2006 © Jeremy B. Williams 2007
- 29. Anhui Province, China, August 2006 © Jeremy B. Williams 2007
- 37. Image source: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/
- 38. Worldwide, there exists about 1.9 biologically productive global hectares per person Image source: www.adbusters.org
- 40. Image source: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/
- 41. Image source: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/
- 42. Image source: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/ China
- 43. 3) WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
- 44. “ The Virgin Earth Challenge” … USD25 million prize if you can develop “a commercially viable design which results in the removal of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases so as to contribute materially to the stability of Earth’s climate”.
- 45. This design does not qualify apparently …
- 48. The world’s largest per capita carbon emitter …
- 49. … needs an emissions trading scheme
- 50. Cap and trade
- 54. Research biomimicry Spider silk Abalone shell Stenocara beetle
- 56. Invest in natural capital
- 57. 4) REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
- 64. 5) SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS
- 68. The role of the individual Time to have a rethink
- 69. Questions and comments please ... jeremybwilliams.wordpress.com jeremybwilliams sdca.wordpress.com
Editor's Notes
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- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1176980,00.html
- http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/slideshows/the-global-retreat-of-glaciers?page=11
- http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/slideshows/the-global-retreat-of-glaciers?page=11
- http://www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/slideshows/the-global-retreat-of-glaciers?page=11
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