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The Essay Your essay must do four things. (1) Give sufficient information on Kyoto and the lens approach to environmental policy to adequately frame your later discussion of Canada's approach to curbing emissions. (2) provide evidence that you can think critically about the salient elements of each of the lenses (technical, economic, ecological). (3) Evaluate your own mix of lenses (e.g. how you view climate change or how important climate change is to you personally). (4) Finally evaluate the lens mix our federal government seems to be using in their Climate Change 2000 document. There is more information and some suggestions about one way you might choose to organize your essay at: 2000-2001 Essay: Evaluating Policies on Global Change A direct link to the resources for the essay can be found at: Essay Resources We are continuing a bit of cleaning up of the files. We think we have most of the typos and we try to clarify language in response to your questions/comments. Continue to let us know if you encounter problems. After Reading Week, we will post a schedule of appointments for one-on-one help from the TAs. If you have questions about the assignment please ask me (either in person or via email). Professor Ann Zimmerman, 978-3475, drzed@cquest.utoronto.ca