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Tutorial 6 Teaching Week 6 Climate Change (Environmental Issues)

This document outlines a tutorial on climate change and environmental issues. It provides 9 discussion questions for students to answer in groups. The questions cover topics like externalities, the tragedy of the commons, prisoner's dilemma, international agreements related to climate change, tools for managing externalities, and the Kuznets curve. Students are asked to read about the Kyoto Protocol, Agenda 21, and Greenpeace and briefly summarize key areas of focus. They also analyze news articles on climate impacts, renewable energy disruption, diesel bans in cities, and electric vehicles to identify any externalities. Finally, students reflect on the "Tuna-Dolphin Case" between Mexico and the US by applying concepts from the lecture.

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Tutorial 6 Teaching Week 6 Climate Change (Environmental Issues)

This document outlines a tutorial on climate change and environmental issues. It provides 9 discussion questions for students to answer in groups. The questions cover topics like externalities, the tragedy of the commons, prisoner's dilemma, international agreements related to climate change, tools for managing externalities, and the Kuznets curve. Students are asked to read about the Kyoto Protocol, Agenda 21, and Greenpeace and briefly summarize key areas of focus. They also analyze news articles on climate impacts, renewable energy disruption, diesel bans in cities, and electric vehicles to identify any externalities. Finally, students reflect on the "Tuna-Dolphin Case" between Mexico and the US by applying concepts from the lecture.

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Tutorial 6

Teaching Week 6
Climate change (Environmental issues)
Divide the students into the groups of 4-5. Ask them to answer the questions in groups
1. What is externality? Give brief examples of externalities (both positive and negative) of
the following cases (each group is given one case, but can comment on other groups
answers):
a. Vaccination
b. Alcohol sales
c. Car manufacturing (during a construction of the new plant, and during their
operations)
d. A new airport in the city
e. A foreign direct investment by a Korean company, whereby chemical plant will be
opened in Uzbekistan
f. The same as above, but hotel will be opened in Uzbekistan
2. What is tragedy of commons? Can you give an example using an environmental issue?
3. What is prisoners dilemma? How can it applied to Environmental protection issues?
4. Could you please list out international conventions / treaties / agreements / institutions
that specialize on climate change / environmental protection issues?
5. How the externalities can be managed? What are the tools available?
6. What does the Kuznets environment curve say?
Discussion of news / articles
7. Please read about the following agreements / agendas using open sources, and tell in brief
what their main areas of focus are (15-20 minutes):
a. Group 1-2: Kyoto Protocol
b. Group 3-4: Agenda 21
c. Group 5( and 6 if any): Greenpeace
8. Please see the following articles on http://www.scoop.it/t/insights-into-the-global-
economy and briefly explain the story, and if any externalities are in place here (15
minutes):
a. Group 1: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/mar/07/climate-change-
impact-australia-may-be-irreversible-report
b. Group 2: https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21717371-thats-no-reason-
governments-stop-supporting-them-wind-and-solar-power-are-disrupting
c. Group 3: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/02/four-of-worlds-
biggest-cities-to-ban-diesel-cars-from-their-centres
d. Group 4: https://www.economist.com/news/business/21717070-carmakers-face-
short-term-pain-and-long-term-gain-electric-cars-are-set-arrive-far-more
e. Group 5-6: any article on: http://www.scoop.it/t/insights-into-the-global-economy
9. Please read the Tuna-Dolphin case between Mexico and USA from any open sources
(e.g. from . http://www.globalization101.org/the-tuna-dolphin-case/). This is a workshop
task as well. Please do reflection on the case by applying the concepts / terms used in the
lecture.

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