evaluate globalisation is bad for the environment

• Paragraph 1: Global trade

  • Globalisation has led to more global trade , with an increased consumption - increase in production of goods - in turn harms the environment
  • International exports have increased by 30% in the past decade and the cost of transportation has dropped by 65% since 1930 making it cheaper to transport goods
  • As well as manufactured goods, foods that use to be grown and consumer locally can now be developed in ofreign countries - in roder to make and transport these products, fossil fuels are requred and around 22% of global co2 emissions stem from production of goods - the environment is particularly affected by the emissions producted by developing countries like china - with its rapid economc growth meant has meat on a per capita basis - air quality in beijin is so impenterable that the US embassy's air quality measuring station can only call it beyond index
• Global trade counter - argued that there are measures being taken to attempt to reduce the damage to the environment caused by globalisation - Paris agreement was held to aim strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees celsius - strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impact of climate change -> negotiations process included china and the resulting agreement is binding on all signatory states 0> it could reduce the permanent damage caused on the environment -> the agreement, finance and technology flows from the developed to tsupport the devoping countries to build clean futures -> 100 billion pledged to the green climate fund -> however this all depends on the biggest polluters taking part in this collectively
• global shipping -> ssevere damage it causes in the oceans to marine life through increased use of ships and industrial waste -> generated results of production and consumption has been laden on ships and over 180 million tons of toxic waste is dumped into the oceans -> killed many underwater organisms and deposited many harmful chemicals in the ocean -> oil containers are another severly damaging factor as a result of globalisation -> deepwater horizon BP oil spill led to 11 workers killed and spilling oil for 87 days -> 3 million barrels of oil was spilled in the guld and killed 80k birds -> extensive damage to wildlife
• global shipping counter -> governments are urged to control dumping waste by implementing laws -> evident in stockholm conference -> discharge of toxic substance or of other substances an the release of heat... lead to irreversible damage -> products of globalisation are bad for the environment, conferences such as this help to reduce thei mpact -> london convention was another way to regular effects of globalisastion and ratified by the US 0> spelled out better protection for marine environment -> oil spills like deepwater are now legally obligated to be paid by oil companies - BP spent 5.5 billion to settle civil damages
• global corporations -> the rise of global corporations has let to damage to the environemtn -> theses companies are corrupt -> consequently means they continously exploit environment -> Glencore, which has exported 29 billion usd of copper in the last 10 years -> Civil society organisations have long criticized glencore for its harmful impact on local communities and the environment, as it raises dust levels in the air and pollutes farmers fields and drinking water -> at the 2018 dust levels in Kolwezi were between 150 and 300 mg per cubic metere when the daily average should be 50mg by WHO -> While glencore exports copper of the local environment -> pollutes air -> there is insufficinet media coverage and action taken against this global corporation
• global corporations counter -> action has been taken to prevent this -> larry fink the CEO of black roch writes a letter to the CEOs of the world every january and states that climate change has to become and integral part of the investing thesis for companoes and threatening to pull his investments from them if they do not begin to take action -> this led to creation of the climate innovation fund -> pledge to invest a billion dollars over the next 4 years -> jeff bezos pledged 10 bullion dollars and wants 50% of all shipments to be carbon netrual by 2030