The Environment
Collective Goods, aka Public Goods
-a tangible or intangible thing that people share and can mutually benefit from regardless of who contributes or doesn’t
Brief History
People:
* Audubon Society (1900)
* World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (1960)
* Earth Day (1970)
* Greenpeace (1971)
* Earthwatch (1971)
Governments:
* UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Started with conference in Stockholm 1972
-Johannesburg, 2002
-Decade focus is sustainable development* Political Party: Green Party (1984)
* Montreal Protocol (1987)
* World Bank (late 1980s/early 1990s)
- Comprehensive Wealth* UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (1994)
- Kyoto Protocol (2005)
Our Future???
* Band-Aid solution
* Cooperation & Conservation