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International Politics of
Climate Change
Mock exam
True or False - 5 pts
• The Tragedy of the Commons can serve as a model for
international cooperation against climate change.
• There’s a wide consensus that the discount rate to be used
when dealing with irreversible costs should be lower than usual.
• Public opinions in the US and the EU differ considerably on the
issue of climate change
• Most of the population displacements that could be induced by
climate change are likely to be South-North migration flows.
• If one only considers its impact on global warming, methane is
more harmful than carbon dioxyde.
Multiple
choices
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• Amongst these scientists, which one(s) didn’t establish a
milestone in our knowledge of climate change?
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Hansen
Wellings
Tyndall
Arrhenius
• Which GHGs are not included in the Kyoto Protocol?
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GHGs emitted by the aviation sector
GHGs emitted by China
GHGs emitted by the oceans
GHGs emitted by cattle and livestock
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• What were some similarities between the Montreal and the
Kyoto Protocols?
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Both were based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle
Both were dealing with a global public bad
Both were reinforced between their signature and their implementation
Both were lacking incentives for unilateral action
Comment on this graph - 5 pts
Analyse this speech - 5 pts
I believe the environmental movement is switching over from
being powered by guilt to being powered by something much
more positive, something much more dynamic, something much
more capable of bringing about revolutionary change. Its image
is also changing from one of hand-wringing and whining to one
that is hip, an image that is cutting edge, forceful and
self-confident and even sexy. And a big boost is coming, of
course, after the election, no matter whether it's McCain,
Obama, or Clinton. But this is something we're going to talk
about a little bit later. (...)
So you can see the shift is happening. And the shift is not only
happening here in America; we see it all over the world. I saw
the other day that a leading German consulting firm predicted
that by the end of the next decade more people will be
employed in Germany's green, clean technology industry than in
the auto industry. So as you can see, this is not a fairytale. We
have had the industrial revolution, the technological revolution,
the global revolution and next is the environmental revolution.
Now, I see -- (applause). Now, I see some people looking at me
funny and saying, what happened to the sexual revolution?
Well, we're going to talk about that the next time I come here, I
promise you.
Bonus point: Who gave this speech?
Comment
on this
press
release
- 4 pts
Comment on this UN Resolution - 4 pts
Bonus point: Where and when was this resolution adopted?
Short essay - 6 pts
« Prediction is very difficult, especially
about the future »
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (1885-1962)
Discuss with regard to predictions about
future climate change and its expected
consequences.