PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · Contemporary Global Concerns — I
Examine the role of the United Nations Framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) and other major efforts by the UN to address the global environmental crisis.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
R1 environmental crisis = archetypal global issue, crosses borders → collective UN governance the natural site R2 Eckersley: state-centric realism → ecocentric cosmopolitanism → architecture strong in norms, weak in enforcement
Body flow
Rio 1992 → UNFCCC (equity + CBDR + historical responsibility) → Kyoto 1997 (binding targets, carbon credits) → 2013 bottom-up turn: INDCs → Paris 2015 (major emitters pledge cuts) → IPCC (WMO + UNEP → science) SDGs 13, 14, 15
Counter-view
limits: collective good vs national interest → US & Canada outside → no binding enforcement → IPCC (pledges too weak, 1.5°C budget gone by 2030) → equity itself contested (Dauvergne: North = improve environment vs South = fix an unfair order)
Conclusion routes
ri! role real but structural → builds norms, science, participation → cannot compel R2 progress depends on aligning the collective good with national interest
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
