Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Global warming: effects of globalization and how they affects globalizationGlobal warming is an effect of globalization. For example, technological advances such as automobiles and aeroplanes allow interaction and communication in any places at any time encourages globalization. However, the use of automobiles gives rise to production of greenhouse gases and lead to global warming. Thus, global warming is an effect of globalization but it also affects globalization simultaneously.
According to a research conducted by International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it has already shown that human activities are definitely contributing to the worsening of global warming and that the dire consequences of our impact on the world are already visible in many places of the globe in the form of natural disasters such as the El Nino phenomenon, and also the extinction of flora and fauna. With concern to the protection of the environment, international groups such as the United Nations Environment Programme and World Wide Fund (WWF) are formed. WWF is a large conservation organization with offices around the world and serves to make and educate people of the endangered species; since common awareness of endangered species is raised throughout the world, this shows a form of globalization.
The above comic depicts a polar bear stripping off its fur, indicating that the world’s temperature is rising steadily and has went beyond its limit of tolerance which will result in the ultimate death of the polar bear. The truth is that global warming is no longer a mere hypothesis, and that the impacts of global warming can already be felt.
Global warming is a global controversial issue that many are concerned about. The urgency of this problem can be seen through the number of climate reports and regular update of climate changes in newspaper and students are also educated in school about this phenomenon. A form of globalization can be seen here and the world is brought closer together in the sense that, people around the world share common knowledge on global warming and work towards a common goal, that is, to reduce impact of global warming.
However, despite of how pressing global warming is, there are some major developing countries that prioritize their economic progression before making contributions to help combat global warming.The is exactly the point the above comic is trying to illustrate or mock at: developed and developing countries contribute greatly to the level of greenhouse gases but show minimal concern towards global warming and perhaps oblivious to what other people in other countries are suffering due to global warming. When the impacts of global warming and disasters strike, these countries often have sufficient resources and means to tide over such crisis. It is often the poorer countries that experience the environmental aftermath of pollution. A sign of globalization is present here, in the sense of ecological interdependence: the activities and pollution carried out in one country affects the climate change of another place.
Being a global problem, global warming requires everyone to play a part. An example of a global effort could be the organization of meeting among the nations in the world. Again, the cooperation among countries allows more interaction and links countries closer together. A committee for managing the finances, politics, and scientific research can be established which helps to cut back the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. Every country will then contribute assistance in one way or another. If they refuse, they will be boycotted and the participating countries will export nothing to them.
Individuals can also play a part by making a special effort to learn more about the environment and read up more on the update of various environmental problems through reading newspapers, televisions programmes about the environment. This is a form of globalization in which we gain insights of global issue and the happenings in the world around us. Although the contribution of one individual may not be prominent, but if everyone plays a part, a difference can be made.
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Yu Yang
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