Chapter 22
Making and Implementing Environmental Policy

Find the correct answer for each question.

1. An Economic vote is:

   1.   ?    When a customer buy the least exspensive product without special concern for the environment.
   2.   ?    Another word for the influence on politics from financially powerful interestgroups in society.
   3.   ?    When e.g. the least environmentally harmful product is bought; to vote with the wallet.

2. OECD

   1.   ?    Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
   2.   ?    Organization for Environmental Co-operation and Development
   3.   ?    Organization for Environmental City Development

3. The abbreviation NGO stands for:

   1.   ?    National Green Organization Network, which co-ordinate political policies of national Green parties in Europe
   2.   ?    Non-Governmental Organizations
   3.   ?    National Green Officers, governmental agency of environmental inspectors in the former Soviet Union

4. PHARE is a programme to:

   1.   ?    Economically assist the transition of Eastern Europe to a market economy by the European Union
   2.   ?    Economically assist the transition of Eastern Europe to a market economy by the World Bank
   3.   ?    Economically assist the development of national environmental policies in the Baltic Sea region by Helcom

5. Suasion means:

   1.   ?    To influence behaviour by using different sanctions such as permits, concessions etc.
   2.   ?    To influence behaviour by increasing economic benefits of buying the least harmful environmental products
   3.   ?    To influence behaviour on a voluntary basis using e.g. information etc.

6. Equity means:

   1.   ?    A balance between cost and benefits for all parties concerned
   2.   ?    Unanimous decisions on for example a policy
   3.   ?    The extent of correlation between viewpoints of the general public and those of the politicians in the parliaments

7. Implementation is to:

   1.   ?    Carry out a decision or a policy
   2.   ?    Ratify an international agreement in the national courts
   3.   ?    Make a problem analysis as an information basis for further decisions

8. TACIS is a programme:

   1.   ?    Economically assist the transition of Eastern Europe to a market economy by the European Commission
   2.   ?    Economically assist the transition of Eastern Europe to a market economy by the World Bank
   3.   ?    Economically assist the transition of Eastern Europe to a market economy with special emphasis on education by the United Nations

9. WWF means:

   1.   ?    World Wildlife Forests
   2.   ?    World Wildlife Fund for Nature
   3.   ?    World Wildlife Foundation

10. CCB means

    1.   ?    Co-ordination Committe of the Baltic Sea, a secretariat for research on the Baltic Sea, located in Visby
    2.   ?    Co-ordination Committe of the Baltic Sea, a secretariat for research on the Baltic Sea, located in Visby
    3.   ?    Coalition Clean Baltic a regional co-operation network among NGO.s in the Baltic Sea region