{"id":1494,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-main-problems-and-challenges-involved-in-looking-upsc-psir-2016-3701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:59","slug":"examine-the-main-problems-and-challenges-involved-in-looking-upsc-psir-2016-3701","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-main-problems-and-challenges-involved-in-looking-upsc-psir-2016-3701\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the main problems and challenges involved in looking after environmental concerns in world politics."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> environment once peripheral <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> now the archetypal borderless global issue <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Buzan<\/b>: central to the security agenda<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> a borderless problem handled through a state system <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> each government answers to national interest first <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> managing it is structurally hard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p><b class=\"pq-sc\">Hardin<\/b>\u2019s tragedy of the commons <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> responsibility diffused, states free-ride <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no consensus across development levels <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> short-term gain vs long-term sustainability <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> North\u2013South divide <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Dauvergne<\/b>: improve the environment vs reform an unfair system <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Guha<\/b>: empty-stomach environmentalism, emissions without representation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> historical responsibility + CBDR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>agreements <i>are<\/i> reached and institutions <i>do<\/i> exist (cooperation not impossible) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but weak enforcement, diluted responsibility (<b>CSE<\/b>: Paris, Katowice finance) and US withdrawal (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Ban Ki-moon<\/b>) blunt them<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> obstacles are political, not technical <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reconciling national interest with a shared planet<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b>IPCC<\/b>: 1.5\u00b0C budget exhausted by 2030 even under Paris <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> urgency demands a common-good, differentiated approach<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[80],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1494","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-contemporary-global-concerns","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4906,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1494\/revisions\/4906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}