Globalization since the 1940s - The Global Environment

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What was the newest and possibly most troubling aspect of globalization by the later twentieth century?

- Environmental impacts was the newest troubling aspect. Humans had altered, and often dramatically worsened, the environment before, from the rise of agriculture onward, but mainly on a local or regional basis.
- With industrialization in the later nineteenth century, the needs of factories or consumers in one place could prompt changes in other regions that in turn deteriorated the environment.

Name an example where the environment deteriorated.

- Thus we have seen how the effort to meet Western demand for vegetable oil or coffee led to the expansion of plantations in West Africa or Brazil that reduced local vegetation and damaged water supply.
- The spread of rubber plantations in Brazil had the same effect.

How was the Paris Agreement implemented?

Implementation was left to individual countries and followup meetings, while featuring renewed pledges, suggested that even some of the most enthusiastic participants, like Germany, were having trouble making progress.

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