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Canada Among Nations, 2006
Contributors include Marie Bernard-Meunier (Atlantik Brücke), David Black (Dalhousie), Adam Chapnick (Toronto), Ann Denholm Crosby (York), Roy Culpeper (The North-South Institute), Christina Gabriel (Carleton), John Kirton (Toronto), Wenran Jiang (Alberta), David Malone (Foreign Affairs Canada), Nelson Michaud (École nationale d'administration publique), Isidro Morales (School for International Service), Christopher Sands (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Daniel Schwanen (The Centre for International Governance Innovation), Yasmine Shamsie (Wilfrid Laurier), Elinor Sloan (Carleton), Andrew F. Cooper (The Centre for International Governance Innovation), and Dane Rowlands (The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs)
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Shades of Green
Is there a real community of interest on the state of the environment that transcends national boundaries? An answer to this vital question will ultimately determine the success or failure of initiatives where international co-operation and co-ordination are essential, such as atmospheric or water pollution controls. Shades of Green, volume two of the ISSP (International Social Survey Programme) series, analyzes data from identical surveys conducted in 22 countries and tackles a wide range of attitudes and priorities. Expectations of government in terms of environmental protection, a comparison of Canada-U.S. results, the level of knowledge on environmental issues from country to country, the perceived role for science in solving ecological problems, and attitudinal differences between the West and states of the former Soviet Union - these issues have serious implications for the environmental movement and government policies worldwide.
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Innovation, Science, Environment 1987-2007
Contributors analyse a number of dimensions of the Canadian experience in implementing sustainable development and critically assess how the country has done over this twenty year period. They discuss both the breakthroughs and disappointments of the Canadian experience, and look toward the future to discuss what additional steps need to be undertaken domestically if Canada is to once again achieve a position of leadership in the world and get on a truly sustainable trajectory.
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Governing the Environment
Are we on the verge of a global environmental catastrophe, or is a modest revision of environmental policy all that is necessary to ensure our safety and prosperity? Governing the Environment considers both scenarios, and those between the two extremes, in its examination of current trends and challenges in managing environmental issues.
This collection of seven essays, authored by leading Canadian academics, examines different aspects of the relationship between government and environmental issues. The volume focuses on Canadian contributions and innovations in the field, but it is of relevance to audiences around the world.
Parson's introductory essay sets the stage for the complex discussions to follow. He provides background by sketching the Canadian institutional context for environmental protection: by describing the major pollutant burdens and the state of natural resources, and by summarizing the most salient policy issues. His conclusion elaborates on four major themes emerging from the work. These are the achievement of 'adaptive management'; the challenge of building effective government and interjurisdictional capacities for managing the environment; the need for networks to share responsibility more effectively without overlapping tasks; and finally, the real challenge to state authority that these undertakings represent.
This work is written for a multidisciplinary academic audience, encompassing students and teachers of advanced environmental studies and Canadian public policy.
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Natural Allies
No two nations have exchanged natural resources, produced
transborder environmental agreements, or cooperatively altered
ecosystems on the same scale as Canada and the United States.
Environmental and energy diplomacy have profoundly shaped both
countries' economies, politics, and landscapes for over 150 years.
Natural Allies looks at the history of US-Canada relations
through an environmental lens. From fisheries in the late
nineteenth century to oil pipelines in the twenty-first century,
Daniel Macfarlane recounts the scores of transborder environmental
and energy arrangements made between the two nations. Many became
global precedents that influenced international environmental law,
governance, and politics, including the Boundary Waters Treaty, the
Trail Smelter case, hydroelectric megaprojects, and the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreements. In addition to water, fish, wood,
minerals, and myriad other resources, Natural Allies details the
history of the continental energy relationship - from electricity
to uranium to fossil fuels -showing how Canada became vital to
American strategic interests and, along with the United States, a
major international energy power and petro-state. Environmental and
energy relations facilitated the integration and prosperity of
Canada and the United States but also made these countries
responsible for the current climate crisis and other unsustainable
forms of ecological degradation. Looking to the future, Natural
Allies argues that the concept of national security must be
widened to include natural security - a commitment to public,
national, and international safety from environmental harms,
especially those caused by human actions.
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