GLOBALZN 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sub-Saharan Africa, Free Trade, Ecojustice Canada
7 May 2017
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15 of 16 hottest years on record have occurred since 2001. (don"t have a global problem, can"t take action towards that) Environmental degradation is another core component of globalization in 21st century (like. Is product of all other aspects of globalization interacting. Uneven effects; negatively affects most vulnerable rst (cid:8219) e. g. tuvalu disappearing; droughts in subsistence farming areas. Air/water pollution; ghg emissions/climate change; biodiversity loss/habitat destruction. Poor concerned only with survival-do what"s needed (cid:8219) leads to deserti cation, pollution, carbon emissions etc. Economic growth vis globalization is best solution! Fosters innovation & technological transfer to go greener. Free trade can spread environment standard (eg. cars) Exclusion from world economy = worst environment records (cid:8219) eg. north korea, sub-saharan africa, former ussr. Critics: neoliberal globalization is chief driver of degradation. Poor states can"t follow same development path as rich (unfair) Global production outsources environmental degradation (cid:8219) environmental race to the bottom to attract investment.
