POLS 3790 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Sustainable Forest Management, Voting In The Council Of The European Union, International Regime

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Some say trade, growth and corporations have a positive on the planet. World bank believes poverty alleviation is critical for the long-term health of the planet. Before industrialization we are relatively equally poor, then when industrialization comes it splits up with less equality over time. People get upset and want higher environmental standards. Growth is good as long as environmental protection comes in to play after industrialization. West has exported environmental bads to other countries. Larry summers (chief economist of the world bank): Rich countries should be exporting polluting industries to developing countries. Free trade drives the creation of environmental standards that encourage dirtier businesses to clean up their acts if they want to gain access to the. Californian effect: california mission standard said that car emissions had to be low. The link between growth and lower-long term pollution is too simplistic.

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