Global Policy Series: The Environment

Dr. David Hassenzahl 
Dean, CSU, Chico College of Natural Sciences 

Dr. Dean Fairbanks 
Faculty, CSU, Chico Geography & Planning Department 

Dr. James Pushnik 
Faculty, CSU, Chico Biological Sciences Department and Director, Institute for Sustainable Development 

Three CSU, Chico professors discuss different aspects of global environmental issues: (1) the role of uncertainty in environmental decisions; (2) human/environment relationships; and (3) recent international climate negotiations and commitments. These different approaches to the subject of global environmental crises touch on such issues as biodiversity loss, over population, pesticide pollution, species extinction, and soil degradation. In addition, the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement that emerged from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is discussed. 

Recorded: September 20, 2016