Lectures on environmental policy(for sustainable society)

Edited by Takao SasakiHokkaido University Press ( not on sale)

205 pp , 2014

Contributers

1) Takao Sasaki2) Shinichi Arai3) Ken-ichi Nakamura4) Kazuto Suzuki5) Fumikazu Yoshida

Introduction1. Earth as the object of Human Activities

Destruction of environments

Wealth (Goods and Services)

“Free” goods and services

Environmental Policy

ConsumptionProduction

Human well-beingsEarth

Economic Human Activities

Introduction2. Traces of economic prosperities

~10000BP agriculture starts Population 10M(?)2000BP Population 225M(467)1000BP Population 267M(453)300BP Population 603M(566)150~200BP Indus. Era Population 1100M(~700)2006AD(now) Population 6540M(7238)( ) DGP per capita

Exponential growth era begins!

Introduction3. Emergence of environmental problem

Exponential growth Pros: economic prosperity and improvement of human life Cons: emission, waste, man-made chemicals creates minus effects

London smog700 killed in 18734000 killed in 1952

Ashio cupper mine wiped outentire Yanaka village in 1900

Artificial chemicalsaffects ecosystem and us.

Introduction4.The advents of Limits of Growth Since Malthus (1798), people feared for stopping growth because of limitation of available resource.

But,Technological innovation has pushed limitation of resourcesfor growth,

However, ………………….

Drs Dennis & Donnela Meadows

1972

2004

The third warning!“Resource limitation causes collapse”

1987 “Our Common Future”Dr. Brundtland WCED report

–Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs

Inter-regional(national), -generational equity is a key for sustainability development (SD).

1992

Rio Agenda 21

COP meetings(締約国会議）

Millennium development Goals

DESDDecade education for sustainable development

1987

Brundtland WCED report

2012~2015 2012

Future Earth(2015~)