PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · Contemporary Global Concerns — I
Would you agree that the on-going debates on international environmental politics continue to be marred by a new North-South ideological divide over historical responsibility and developmental model? Illustrate your answer with suitable examples.
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 agree → environmental politics = a new arena of the old North-South conflict → Dauvergne's two goals (improve environment vs reform an unfair system) R2 since Stockholm 1972 the blocs diverge → G-8 vs G-77 → the divide is ideological, not technical
Body flow
historical responsibility (North's 150 yrs of emissions vs South's equity) → CBDR + Kyoto Annex I / non-Annex I → Guha (deep ecology vs empty-stomach
Counter-view
environmentalism; victim without representation) → developmental model (right to develop vs shared restraint) → Indira Gandhi (poverty as polluter) → EU “good cop” / US “bad cop” + US quits Paris → Paris (2015) dilution + Katowice finance unclear
Conclusion routes
C. Raja Mohan (South “suboptimal, “defensive” reactive) → the divide is sustained by both sides R1 the proposition holds → the divide still mars the debate R2 eases only via redistributive justice → Prebisch's 1% GNP transfer
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
