Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - World Trade Organization, Environmental Economics, Global Governance

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2137
• Professor: Cameron Harrington

Document Summary

Economic development and the environment: the world bank, imf, wto, and the third. It depends on whom you ask: trade. It"s been about 30 years since this rapid global expansion. In the past 3 decades, this rapid expansion has increased in trade, investment, and finance = exemplify economic globalization. This expansion has created huge debate on merits and demerits of globalization and how it affects the environment. Globalization through communication and technologies through global awareness; helps us understand the issue. Global pressure on government more environmental consciousness. New actors: greenpeace (ngo advocacy): through globalization, it leveraged change. Technology itself: through trade, investment and finance, we can increase efficiencies and advance technology to better able to manage control environmental problems. Increases legitimate authority to manage international (e. g. world trade organization) Globalization has created a very thin skeletal regulatory regime around the world when it comes to the environment that has negative impacts.