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Global Environmental Problems: Implications for U.S. Policy
The printed curriculum unit Global Environmental Problems: Implications for U.S. Policy explores the relationship between public policy in the United State and the health of the planet. (See detailed description and ordering information.)
Videos for Readings: The videos below follow the outline of the printed curriculum unit. The headings correspond to the headings in the student readings.
Videos for Lessons accompany lessons in the teacher's guide of the printed curriculum unit.
Scholars
Steven Hamburg
Watson Institute
Simone Pulver
Watson Institute
Shenghe Liu
Chinese Academy of Science
Godfrey Kimaro
University of Dar es Salaam
Naira Aslanyan
Brown University
Anil Kumar
Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
Leiwen Jiang
Watson Institute
Daniel Orenstein
Brown University
Benjamin Tchoffo
African Center for Applied Forestry Research and Development
Part I: Global Environmental Problems
Climate Change and Ozone Depletion
What is climate change? [Steven Hamburg - 0:55]
What are some of the consequences of climate change? [Steven Hamburg - 0:50]
How do we know that climate change is getting worse? [Steven Hamburg - 1:22]
What is an example of a successful international environmental initiative? [Simone Pulver - 1:40]
Water Pollution
What are other pressing global environmental problems? [Steven Hamburg - 1:31]
What are the biggest environmental issues in China? [Shenghe Liu - 1:18]
Deforestation
What are the biggest environmental issues in Cameroon? [Benjamin Tchoffo - 2:00]
What are the biggest environmental issues in Tanzania? [Godfrey Kimaro -1:55]
What are the biggest environmental issues in Armenia? [Naira Aslanyan - 1:58]
Biodiversity
What are the biggest environmental issues in India? [Anil Kumar -2:05]
How has Tanzania lost some of its biodiversity? [Godfrey Kimaro - 1:23]
Part II: The Environment and Economic Development
Global Population Growth
What will happen if the world’s population continues to increase? [Leiwen Jiang - 0:39]
What are the challenges of high population growth? [Daniel Orenstein - 1:36]
How does household size affect energy consumption? [Leiwen Jiang - 1:00]
Energy Resources
What are some alternative energy sources? [Steven Hamburg - 1:07]
Resource Consumption
How can we reduce emissions? [Steven Hamburg - 1:52]
Can we preserve the environment and have economic growth? [Steven Hamburg - 1:42]
What is sustainable development? [Simone Pulver - 1:47]
Is there a conflict between development and conservation? [Anil Kumar - 1:17]
What are the environmental problems associated with wealth and poverty? [Simone Pulver - 1:30]
Part III: Environmental Issues on the International Agenda
What are environmental politics? [Simone Pulver - 1:01]
What is the North-South divide? [Simone Pulver - 1:03]
What are the disagreements between the North and South? [Simone Pulver - 1:30]
The Environmental and International Security
International Environmental Agreements
What are different U.S. perspectives on climate change? [Steven Hamburg - 2:17]
What are other countries’ perspectives on climate change? [Steven Hamburg - 2:43]
What is the Kyoto Protocol? [Steven Hamburg - 1:25]
Why didn’t the United States ratify the Kyoto Protocol? [Simone Pulver - 3:15]
How does the U.S. response to Kyoto affect China’s policies? [Leiwen Jiang- 1:15]
What is carbon trading and is it an effective method to reduce emissions? [Steven Hamburg - 1:59]
How does the public play a role in environmental politics? [Simone Pulver - 1:13]
How should we think about environmental issues? [Simone Pulver - 1:18]
Can the actions of individuals make a difference? [Steven Hamburg - 1:28]
