Globalization & the Environment

1. Globalization & the Environment

2. Global Environment Collective good • Free riders • Tragedy of the commons • Poaching Green movement • 1970s • Post-materialism era ¤

3. Steger’s 2 Main Problems • Population growth • World population clock • Consumption patterns • Energy • Calories • Raw materials • Water ¤

4. Energy https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/jun/09/bp-energy-statistics-consumption-reserves-energy

5. Calories http://www.huffingtonpost.com/princess-haya-bint-al-hussein/mapping-starvation-and-th_b_357352.html

6. Raw Materials http://www.siemens.com/innovation/apps/pof_microsite/_pof-fall-2011/_html_en/facts-and-forecasts-decoupling-raw-materials-consumption-from-economic-growth.html

7. Water https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/12/four-billion-people-face-severe-water-scarcity-new-research-finds

8. Political Factors (DQ1) • Sovereignty • State policies • Intermestic issue- Singapore Smog • Incentives for cooperation • IGOs • Int’l law • Montreal v. Kyoto • Paris Agreement ¤

9. Economic Factors (DQ1 cont.) • Neoliberal Economic Model • Need new markets, export capital • Economic incentiveEco-practices • Respond to eco-concerns • Consumerism • Industrial Revolution • EE ↑ middle class • GN usage see chart ¤

10. Consumption -Resource usage is unsustainable -Humans are depleting resources too quickly

11. Land required for 7 B people to live like: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33133712

12. Cultural Factors (DQ1 cont.) What cultural norms affect the environment? • Eating habits • Family size • Values • Religious • Political • NGOs ¤

13. Your Habits • Do you drink bottled water? • Do you replace your electronic devices every few years? • How do you dispose of the used ones? • Do you accept bags when shopping? • Do you buy a beverage at least one a week in a non-reusable cup? • Do you eat meat, fish, dairy, and/or eggs?

14. Repercussions of Human Activity Food crises Loss of biodiversity Pollution Climate change Undermines GS development ¤

15. E-Waste

16. E-waste as a Global Issue (DQ 2) • Neoliberal economic model dominates • Promotes capitalism consumerism • EE growth • Transportation • Supply/demand • Easier source of raw materials • GN recycles; Place to send waste • Global governance • Environment • Human rights ¤

17. Market Globalists on E-waste? (DQ 3) • Economic opportunities • Supply/demand • Entrepreneurial opportunities • Reuse of goods/materials • Market will address issue • MNCs’ economic incentive • Recycling for harvesting ¤

18. Justice Globalists on E-waste?(DQ 3, cont.) • Exploitative • Environmental issues • Pro: Reuse stuff • Con: Processing conditions, dumping • Human rights issues • Health • Labor • Illegal trafficking • Encourages consumerism • Planned obsolescence • Sources of e-waste ¤

19. The Future Approaches • Ignore issue • ‘Band-aid’ fix • Cooperation, conservation • States ¤

20. Recap • Issues: • Corruption- esp. in GS • ↑ consumerism • ↑ meat consumption • Global economic divide • Transnational crime • Lots of waste • Borrowed resources into the future • Overuse of water, land, natural resources • Not just going to go away • Need global regulations • States are self-interested; so are individuals ¤