Vanishing Borders: Protecting the planet in the age of globalization (The Worldwatch Environmental Alert Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415851947 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The world is shrinking faster than ever. Originally published in 2000. Significantly, the digital revolution, integral in itself to processes to globalization, offers channels through which powerful coalitions can effect change. The implications for our future and for the health of the planet are profound. The book provides a compelling and accessible analysis and a clear plan of action in pursuit of environmental stability. Industrial and developing countries are on a collision course over climate change, and water shortages are creating tensions in several parts of the world. Goods, money, microbes, pollution, people and ideas are crossing boundaries ever more frequently. Over 200 international environmental treaties exist but most need more stringent conditions and enforcement, and continuing support from NGO and business communities. The author argues that only a worldwide commitment to strengthening treaties and institutions needed to integrate ecological considerations into the rules of global commerce holds out hope. Presently, national governments are singularly ill-equipped for tackling transitional environmental problems-from ozone depletion to soaring trade in commodities such as timbre- problems which are climbing ever higher on the international political agenda. Vanishing Borders outlines the ecological challenges posed and then go