Globalization has led to significant environmental effects, especially increased levels of poverty, ecological destruction, and illness. It has connected issues like global warming, pollution, and resource depletion on a global scale. While tools of globalization have aided environmental destruction, measures can be taken to address issues like using renewable energy, reducing carbon emissions, and international cooperation through agreements like the Kyoto Protocol. Overall, human-caused environmental problems now threaten global stability, so political will and awareness are needed to promote sustainable development.

1. Globalization and the environment
Contemporary society from news reports to film to the internet and social media to
commodities such as i-pad fascination with globalization. this paper will inquire into the
effects of the fascination . it will look closely at the contesting constructions of the global as
means of examining the effects of globalization on lives of people both at home and abroad.
First fold for this paper is :the global relation of America seem highly chaotic and without
any structure or determination. Is it the case desire rules the world in the world is flat ? in
other words, is an individualistic approach to global America is the most effective way to
live in the world ? or do we need to address the relation between me and the others ? or is
the global less a matter of plurality than it is structural. is it only differences, but the
structure that enables difference? Second fold is to specifically relate fold number 1 to issue
such as GLOBALIZATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT as a contemporary issue. how
environment became global and what makes it global. As well as how can we preserve
environment and what are the main issues that we should take a quick action
about?Globalization and the EnvironmentGlobalization has led to various significant effects
on the environment especially in the American context. For example, it has led to the
emergency of increased levels of poverty, ecological destruction, increased levels of
sickness and illiteracy especially on the impoverished and marginalized masses of
population who have less power to improve their wellbeing, thus provoking them to protest
and fight against the prevailing globalization effects. According to Diamond (457), majority
of the individuals staying abroad were left homeless and orphaned after the Second World
War. Majority of the children had not been ensured by their parents thus exposing them to
the threats of globalization such as ecological destruction evidenced in the form of global
warming, land and water degradation and increased level of poverty because most of
the things are often provided by nature. In addition to that, the threats of environmental
problems often interact with terrorism thus provoking some individuals to join terrorist
groups thus being in support of terrorism. For example, the oil pollution in the oceans by
terrorism groups can be used as a medium to pass information to the enemy country that
they are in war with them. These often results in problems such as destroyed habitats and
reduced countries economy as a result of its impact on tourism and fishing
industries.Before the attack on America which happened on September 11 by terrorist
groups, America did not think about their activities effect on the environment. It came to
realize later that they and Somalis pollute and at the same time breathe the same
environment via the use of deadly weapons. The use of nuclear weapons has a great impact

2. on the environments. For example, the emitted radio active materials stay on the
environment for longer periods thus being hazardous to both the human populations and
other living organisms. In addition to that, both the Americans, Afghanistan’ s and Somalis
use the same oceans they pollute and do compete for the scarce resources in the globe for
their developmental activities. As a matter of fact, Americans perceived globalization as a
means of creating good things for them such as the emergence of the internet and coca-cola
and never took into consideration the negative impacts of globalization such as the coming
up of various diseases, increased numbers of illegal immigrants, increased terrorist attacks
and major issues that could trigger the dispatching of the United States troops (Diamond
457). Globalization led to the need of labor where individuals had to be taken from Africa so
as to work in the big plantations of Sugar, Coffee and sisal among others. After the end of the
slave trade, families of those working in the plantations joined then thus leading to the
influx of immigrants into the western countries. These eventually lead to the increased rates
of racial discrimination where the inhabitants of this nation viewed foreigners as intruders
who were benefiting from their free welfare. The Muslim women were prohibited from
covering their heads where as in some places people of Islamic religion were prohibited
from building mosques as they were viewed as terrorists. The immigrants were exposed to
poor housing conditions and were subjected to doing unskilled labors such as in the mining
and construction industries where unprofessional skills were required.As a result of
globalization there has been development of tools which have greatly aided in the
destruction of the environment biodiversity. These tools have been used in the mining and
processing of fossil fuels which have played a great role in the climate change. The burning
of fossil fuels has made the planet to increase in its temperatures by a couple of degrees
(McKibben 460). The increased temperatures have resulted to the increased incidences of
floods and extreme drought which are being experienced in the recent years. For example,
the ice in the Arctic has reduced by 40 percent as the sea levels rise gradually. As the sea
level rises as a result of melting ice, more space is occupied thus displacing individuals and
in some cases submerging of areas along the coastal regions. As a result some of the plants
along the coastal region become destroyed by being washed down the river by the
increased water flows.The increased temperatures have resulted to warming of waters in
the seas thus threatening the lives of the coral reefs due to the bleaching effect. Continued
warming of the sea water waters will eventually lead to the extinction of the corral reefs if
mitigation measures are not put in place (McKibben461). As a matter of fact, the continued
increase in sea water temperatures will result to changing the conditions of the various
organisms habitat and their food webs. The spawning areas of various organisms may be
destroyed and in the long run leading to the extinction of such organisms as the
environment will not favor their survival. More over, in the polar scientist have established
that polar bears have become twenty percent thinner than they were few years ago. The
reason behind this is as a result of the disappearing of pack ice which have inconvenienced
them in the hunting of the seal which forms the main part of their diet. Thus the continued
melting ice will result to further extinction of these animals if global warming is not dealt
with globally.Globalization has resulted to coming up with automobiles which emit a lot of
carbon dioxide one of the greenhouse gas responsible for global warming effect e.g. it has

3. been estimated that 20% of the carbon dioxide emissions in America are as a result
of automobiles. Even though improvements have been made to regulate the amounts of
carbon dioxide produced from factories and power plants, the numbers of cars and trucks
have grown tremendously thus creating no impact on carbon dioxide reduction.Majority of
the societies in the past collapsed due to their inability to solve environmental challenges
that majority of the countries in the world faces today such as inefficient water
management, loss of top soil through erosion, deforestation and climate change effects.
According to Godalle (472), due to deforestation by mankind, there has been experienced
loss of wildlife habits hence the decrease in numbers of wild life such as the Lions, various
species of birds, elephants, wild dogs and leopards just to mention afew. The aimless
cutting down of trees has resulted to increased temperatures thus affecting agricultural
production as majority of the crops can not adapt to the extreme temperatures thus making
them to wither away.As a result of globalization, there has been racial discrimination
experienced in various western countries as a result of increased number of immigrants
who visit these nations in search of greener pastures such as better employment
opportunities. McKibben (460), it was evident that individuals from a certain social class
belonged to various country clubs that were segregated thus viewing it as normal. For
centuries, racial discrimination had not been seen as a channel of changing the economical
or social patterns of the American society hence viewed as a symbol that is inescapable. In
the past, the buying of a utility sports vehicle such as the Suburban, Navigator, Explorer and
Rover just to mention a few were being normal as it was known that it belonged to
particular individuals in a certain station. Just going to the grocery stores took ages as
majority of the people in the stations areas owned cars as it was evidenced from the parking
area where various categories of cars featured. These cars belonged to individuals of a
certain class as indicated via there features such as comfort, status and leather seats. Some
people have seen these vehicles to have some nature connection. The use of these vehicles
have resulted to increased global warming due to increased burning of fossil fuels resulting
to emissions of carbon dioxide a green house gas effect. This has made it an uphill task to
combat the effects of climate change completely in the world as many people own cars
today.Measures taken to preserve the environment from the effects of
globalizationMcKibben points out that, during the 1990s, engineers developed various
technologies that led to saving of the gas thus being a major reason why the Americans are
the ones producing a major percentage of carbon dioxide gas over the years as compared to
when Bill Clinton was the reigning president(461). People have been encouraged to pool
their vehicles together through being transported in a more effective and fuel- efficient
automobiles or by use of trains or station wagons thus reducing the amount of carbon
dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. Various automobile companies are striving to
manufacture vehicles that are not fuel guzzlers where as some countries are embarking on
forestation and reforestation to improve on the existing forest covers and combat the
effects of climate change. Various treaties have been formed such as the Kyoto Protocol
whose main aim is to combat the effects of climate change affecting the whole world.
Industries are struggling to minimize the amount of pollution caused to the environment
through air and water pollution through effective treatment of wastes and sustainable use

4. of the environment.ConclusionEnvironmental challenges can indeed cause various societies
to collapse as they dwell in environments that are more fragile and need tender care.
However, fragility can vary within the same country. For example, some areas in United
States such as southern California have been prone to low rainfall and soil salinization risks
thus affecting agriculture which is dependent on irrigation. Environmental problems affect
all countries whether they are superpower or not. It has however been established that
even the most powerful nations are often brought down by their trading partners
experiencing environmental problems. According to Diamond (457), two Polynesian
societies which were based on Pitcairn and Henderson Island were destroyed as they
depended on the imports that were very vital from Polynesian society of Mangareva Island
which had fallen as a result of deforestation activities that were being carried out hence the
vulnerability of the America to the oil-exporting Middle East countries. Solving of the
environmental problems has become a challenge as a result of the existing conflicts of
interests among those reigning and the majority of the population. For instance, in America,
those individuals who are wealthy often do things that make them wealthier in the short
term while the consequences harm every person in the long run. The emerging up of
industries have led to destruction of the environment as a result of global warming which in
turn is affecting the whole world today.In the recent world, the population is large thus
exerting greater powers that is extremely destructive than the previous societies.
Globalization thus poses a risk to collapsing of the whole world thus a tragedy to whole
nations. Human beings create their own problems thus making it very difficult to stop
making them. Global warming is as a result of human beings innovative nature where they
have come up with processing and manufacturing industries that emit a lot of carbon
dioxide in the air hence can not put a stop to industrialization. In addition to that, these
manufacturing industries come up with various goods such as automobiles which
contribute to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and to some individuals
automobiles are necessities in their lives and can’ t do without them. In order to overcome
these problems, there is need to have the necessary needed political will. The media can
also play a critical role in highlighting the effects of human activities on the environment
and what exactly can be done to overcome the effects of climate change.