PO102 Chapter 7: Environmental Issues
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Globalization has stimulated the relocation of industry to the global south, caused urbanization as ppl move away from rural areas, and contributed to ever-rising levels of consumption, along with associated emissions of effluence and waste gases. Global environmental governance involves bringing to bear interstate relations, international law, and transnational organizations in addressing shared environmental problems. Environmental issues on the international agenda: a brief history. Before globalization era, the 2 environmental concerns were conservation of natural resources and damage caused by pollution. Pollution doesn"t respect international boundaries, so action to mitigate/avert environmental harm sometimes had to involve more than one state. 1935 train smelter case-pollutants from a canadian mineral smelter drifted south to contaminate parts of washington. Resulting treaty between the 2 countries asserted the legal principle tat countries are liable for damage that their citizens cause in another country. Numerous attempts to regulate exploitation of maritime resources lying beyond national jurisdiction. 1946 international convention for the regulation of whaling.
