The Environmental Impacts Of Globalization And The Environment

Until the industrial revolution air pollution occurred only through natural causes and were of no great concern. However, industrial revolution which has made human power to dominate over the planet, has actually led man to dig his own grave. The western world has had as many as four industrial revolutions since 18th century also termed as “The Age of Smoke” (Kasa 2009). In the beginning the coal smoke was confined to a particular area but the concentrations of emissions increased as people began to migrate towards cities (Douglas et al. 2002). This led to continuous worsening of air quality and slow in decline public health conditions, but evidently, not enough to attract the attention of the lawmakers (Borja-aburto et al. 1996).

Contrastively, globalization itself has great damage to the environment. Due to developed countries going into developing countries to exploit their resources, the natural resources is depleting at a rapid speed, yet we are still not doing enough to stop it. As there are strict laws regarding the environment in developed countries, these companies turn their eyes onto developing countries whose environmental laws are more relaxed in comparison. As these developing countries also want to earn revenue and income that these companies bring, they open the door to them, but destroying Mother Earth at the same time.

“Free trade is not working for the majority of the world. During a most recent period of rapid growth in global trade and investment — 1960 to 1998 — inequality worsened both internationally and within countries. The UN Development Program reports that the richest 20 percent of the world's population consume 86 percent of the world's resources while the poorest 80 percent consume just 14 percent. WTO rules have hastened these trends by opening up countries to foreign investment and thereby making it easier for production to go where the labor is cheapest and most easily exploited and environmental costs are low. This pulls down wages and environmental standards in developed countries that have to compete globally.”

Environmental challenges such as climate change, cross-boundary water and air pollution and over-fishing of the ocean, require trans-national/global solutions. Since factories in developing countries increased global output and experienced less environmental regulation, globalism substantially increased pollution and impact on water resources.

With the coming of the Industrial Revolution, mankind was able to advance further and with this advancement came one more effect, industrial pollution. Previously, industries were small plants that produced smoke and gases as the main pollutant. However, since the number of plants were limited and worked only a specific number of hours a day, the levels of pollution did not increase significantly. But when these plants became full scale industries and started to manufacture units, the problem of industrial pollution started to take on more importance.

The industrial revolution marked a major turning point in Earth’s relationship with the environment. As said the world saw a significant increase in the population, which also applied to an increase of living standards, which led to many natural resources, however that was not the case. Natural resources were provided easily whilst it led to many severe natural changes simply because many people were consuming more natural resources. Higher living standards led to forests being cut down to make ways to expand cities and provide lumber for construction. Another destruction that struck in the industrial revolution era was pollution, as various types of pollutions were going on at the same time damaging. The different types of pollution that occurred

Taking this step in concern too, WTO can rule the official ban on the import of Xia goods i the country, as not only it was harming the environment but to the community too that includes animals and humans both. Solving this issue gives the idea that organization does not take the growth or market factor of one country, as WTO has unbiased system, without taking the concerns of GDP of size of a country.

It is very difficult to find the way all of the international resolutions fairly works for all countries. Each country has their individual culture, and sometimes the culture is hardly understood for other countries. In globalization, the world trade is one of the most important sector in all countries, and WTO has a crucial role. It never should be controlled by few dominant countries, such as the US. Anytime WTO enacts international rules, all decision should be based on certain research and ethical purposes. Each of nations has different idea. For example, the reason 94% of Australian are against whaling is that they think that whales are scared animals, whereas Japanese or Norwegian people think whales are the same meat as beef and pork. There is no answer to decide which opinion is justice. However, if nations’ activities give critical damages to environment, nations have to decide to stop their activities to preserve nature. And all of prohibition should be based on scientific facts but should not be decided by individual perspective. I have no particular idea who serve on WTO, but I think it shouldn’t be consisted of only few dominant countries.

The Bubonic Plague crushed the world effortlessly in the Middle Ages; ever since, the world has sought to invest in improved living conditions. With the innovation of cities, pollution gathered, leaving a permanent reminder of the cruelness of manufacturing, nevertheless, the positives of industrialization always outweighed the negatives of pollution. Nobody seemed to care about the toxicity of pollutants until the 1960s. The results spurred an international awareness to reduce the presence of pollution and its long-term effects.

The Industrial Revolution was a time of technological advancement and modernization. It can be thought of as a transition from the olden days to the modern age, but as countries moved forward in their paths of iron and steel, they met several consequent issues. A main complication that disturbed industrial-era British operation is the concern of air pollution. In London, smog, a byproduct of mass industrialization, killed approximately 4,000 people (History.com Staff). Currently, air pollution is still a major concern that affects millions of people, and is a problem specific to China’s rapid development of industry. In China, air pollution, the result of rapid industrial expansion, has disrupted and ended the lives of numerous citizens, and

However, the industrial revolution had a big impact on the environment. From the moment industrial revolution started we initiated impact on global warming. In the textbook “Ways of the World” by Robert. Strayer and Eric W. Nelson it was mentioned “In 1858, The Thames River running through London smelled so bad that the British House of Commons had to suspend its session” (pg. 739). The river smelled from the factories pollution. “The massive extractions of non-renewable raw materials to feed and to fuel industrial machinery-

Before the Industrial revolution, agriculture was the main production of goods and the environment was clean and well kept. Despite that, with industrialization comes pollution. According to the “Western Civilization II Guides” article, “ Factory owners and government officials were not concerned with protecting or conserving the environment, but only had an interest in expanding productions and possibly using nature to increase efficiency” (Western Civilization II Guides). Factories did not properly dispose of their chemicals and wastes which caused water and land pollution. In addition to that, the factories and automobile smoke caused a huge amount of air pollution.

Across the world, globalization is one of the most significant aspects that has occurred over the last fifty years. It allows a country to integrate economically with other countries through a global network comprised of people, trade, and transportation. With the global landscape only becoming more intertwined, globalization and its inherent pros and cons seem to be here to stay. In many areas, global powers tend to lack in rectifying the negative aspects and only focus on the positive side. America, for example, is a leader in the globalization efforts, even though it has greatly effected job opportunities at home, widening income gaps, and an increased standard of living due to fluctuating world markets.

Our modern world is largely dependant on two, well entangled things: the environment and the global economy. Without the environment, mankind would fall apart. Our atmosphere would quickly cease to support human life. The ozone layer would deplete, flooding the earth with greater amounts of radiation. Biodiversity would damage water sources and destabilize the climate. Additionally, the global economy facilitates the trade of goods and materials which satisfy the demands of over seven billion people. These products are produced all around the world, by thousands of different companies. They provide all the equipment for emergency services, the technology for education and the food for our diet. Interruptions in the global supply chain often result in protests, resource shortages, along with economic impacts. Sometimes companies make poor decisions, often to reduce expenditures or by negligence, to make money at the expense of the environment. These companies are held accountable for their actions and are fined if they are found guilty of violating environmental laws. Unfortunately, it is rather common for companies to disregard environmental concerns for their personal benefit. This situation causes governments to intervene and serve large fines or criminal charges to the perpetrators, holding them responsible for their actions, or lack there of. This essay will go over three cases which highlight the practice of monetary and/or criminal

The environmental protection is implemented in wide variety of forms and methods. WTO jurisprudence affirms that WTO Members are entitled to apply related-trade measures in order to protect environment . These measures, however, may transgress principal trade rules, for instance, ‘non-discrimination’ and general ‘elimination of quantitative restrictions’, as a result, impact on other Members’ rights . Therefore, to balance two objectives, it is necessary to set exceptions to those principal rules .