Globalization and Environment
Globalization is altering the global environment. Some perceive the net ecological impact of
globalization as positive, as a force of progress and better lives. It fosters economic growth and
cooperative institutions, both necessary in the long run to manage the global environment.Others
see the net impact as negative, as a force sinking the globe into a bog of ecological decay. It is
accelerating the destructive process of too many people consuming too many natural resources
without any concern for equality or justice. Both the pro- and anti-globalization camps present
persuasive data and arguments. Globalization involves multiple and complex sets of overlapping
processes. Inevitably, there will be manifold and at times cross-cutting effects on the global
environment.
It is important to highlight that not only does globalization impact the environment, but the
environment impacts the pace, direction and quality of globalization. At the very least, this happens
because environmental resources provide the fuel for economic globalization, but also because our
social and policy responses to global environmental challenges constrain and influence the context in
which globalization happens.
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~prathabk/pages/tech_archives/global/globalization_and_environment.pdf
globalization as positive, as a force of progress and better lives. It fosters economic growth and
cooperative institutions, both necessary in the long run to manage the global environment.Others
see the net impact as negative, as a force sinking the globe into a bog of ecological decay. It is
accelerating the destructive process of too many people consuming too many natural resources
without any concern for equality or justice. Both the pro- and anti-globalization camps present
persuasive data and arguments. Globalization involves multiple and complex sets of overlapping
processes. Inevitably, there will be manifold and at times cross-cutting effects on the global
environment.
It is important to highlight that not only does globalization impact the environment, but the
environment impacts the pace, direction and quality of globalization. At the very least, this happens
because environmental resources provide the fuel for economic globalization, but also because our
social and policy responses to global environmental challenges constrain and influence the context in
which globalization happens.
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~prathabk/pages/tech_archives/global/globalization_and_environment.pdf