GLOBAL WARMING & the KOYOTA PROTOCOL I need help with the following scenario

In December 1997, the U.S. government tentatively agreed at a United Nations meeting in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce nationwide emissions of greenhouse gasses by 7 percent below 1990 levels. This goal would be achieved by reducing the combustion of fossil fuels sufficiently to diminish emission levels in 2010 to 41 percent below where they would end up at current rates of emission growth. Although any estimates of the overall economic effects of the agreement are fraught with uncertainties, economists estimated that abiding by the agreement could reduce U.S. GDP growth by as much as 2.5 percent per year. As a result, President Bush announced in March of 2001 that the U.S. would not sign and ra... click for more

How valid is this statement...

How valid is this statement made in the textbook: "fresh water could indeed become the world's scarcest resource, more valuable than petroleum." Offer some solutions to this scarcity concern.

Issues in world politics

Defining what some of the "old" issues that no longer seem as important as they were between 1950-1990...and why. I came up with two: debt and domination of super powers. But why are they not as important as they once were? Secondly: What is the difference between "high politics" and " low politics"?

World politics: organizations and their usefulness

Need to identify how each of these websites are useful to the study of world politics. Secondly: Who are the sponsors of each of these organizations or the sponsor of the website??? United States Institute of Peace (http://www.usip.org), World Health Organization (http://www.who.org), Arms Control Association (http://www.armscontrol.org) and Carnegie Endowment International Peace (http://www.carnegieendowment.org) i

Policy point paper on International Affairs

Hello need to do an outline for a policy point paper on International Affairs and its affect on US policy. I'm having a hard time coming up with a topic. At first I thought about the United Nations, or our troops still over in Iraq. Terrorism, Protecting the US.??? Any guidance you can provide will be greatly appreciated. This has to be on current topic in international affairs.