globalisation bad for environment

• Theme 1: For - global trade

  • increase consumption leading to harm
  • exports increased 30%, cost decreased 60% since 1930s. easier and cheaper to travel
  • food leads to carbon emissions
  • 22% CO2 emissions, goods production, and consumed in another country
  • air pollution in beijing is so impenetrable, US embassy says it above index
  • china temp increases 0.24 / decade
• Theme 1: Against

  • could argue there's measures to prevent damage
  • paris agreement, aims strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change - well below 2 degrees
  • strengthen states to deal with climate change
  • negotiation process including china, binding on all signatories, could reduce the permanent damage
  • green climate fund - 100 billion
  • however no collective system to enforce targets
• Theme 2: For - global corporations

  • companies cut corners which result in damage to environment
  • corruption in companies - glencore exported 29 billion USD copper
  • exploiting all natural resources
  • civil society orgs have criticised glencore due to harmful impact on local community, dust levels of kolwezi is as high as 500 - WHO says it should be 50
  • NGO reported farmers were inadequately compensated
• Theme 2: Against

  • greener future through corporations
  • blackrock - "become an integral part of the investing thesis" and "threaten to pull his investments" from other world CEO's
  • led to climate innovation fund
  • pledge to invest a billion over 4 years to combat climate change
  • green capitalism
  • microsoft is carbon neutral and plan to be carbon negative
• Theme 3: For - global shipping

  • severe damages to oceans
  • industrial waste that is generated as a result of production 0 180 million tons of toxic waste
  • oil contains are another severely damaging factor - 2024 gulf stream oil spice 4100 tonnes
  • 3.19 million barrels spilled in the golf , 8200 birds (102 species) affected
• Theme 3: Against

  • implemented laws
  • stockholm conference - 'must be halted in order to ensure that irreversible damage is not inflicted upon ecosystems
  • conference reduced the impact, attendees abide by new laws created
  • london convention - ratified better protection of marine environment
  • BP paid 5 billion compensation for oil - encourage corporations to invest in environment