Question 1: Discuss the contribution that international environmental negotiations and agreements have made towards global environmental protection , i.e. towards encouraging countries to address transboundary and global environmental problems . In what respects do you consider agreements discussed in class (a) to have failed (b) to have succeeded ? Illustrate your analysis with reference to examples discussed in class (such as the Montreal Protocol , the climate convention , the biodiversity convention Question 2: The loss of biodiversity around the world is considered a global problem A) Briefly discuss what we know about current trends , give some examples ? B) Why should we worry about the loss in biodiversity and decline in populations of various plant and animal species , locally and globally ? O C) To what extent is an economic approach (valuation, cost-benefit) to biodiversity conservation and ecosystem preservation useful , what are its limitations and why ? (Various readings are relevant to this question : Rogers Soule, Barbier, Swanson and Groom). Question 3: A) Identify two of the key provisions (legal commitments ) of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD ). B) Discuss the main political interests developing countries had when negotiating the CBD C) Discuss the main political interests developed countries had while negotiating the CBD . Question 4: Linking your term paper with course discussion : In a couple of sentences explain what the paper you wrote for this class was about , i.e. which country did you look at and which topic did you analyze ? A) To what extent did you find international negotiations, agreements or financing to have played a role in your country's policy evolution on the topic ? B) Has your country taken a particular position on the issue in international for a and if so , what were the key concerns /demands expressed C) Independent of any international influence or lack thereof , what did you find to be the main reason your country acted in the way you describe in your paper ? D) Do you see some evolution over time in our country's position , and if so , how do you explain this ? . Question 5: Discuss how US climate and energy policy has evolved since 1992 A) Identify the main turning points before Obama took office in 2008 B) Identify the main political initiatives and steps taken after Obama took office related to climate change and what became of them ? C) You are on CNN and asked what you think will happen to climate and energy policy in the US under a Trump administration