Environmental Issues In A Negatively Affect The Rest Of The World

Environmental issues are transnational in nature because negative impacts of the environment affect the whole world not just one state since we all share the same Earth. The issues of pollution, climate change, population, and other factors will eventually affect the rest of the world. Since we all coincide within a system (the international system) something that happens in one part of the system affects the rest of the system. There are principles that help us prevent a tragedy of the commons from happening and causing an environmental and economic crisis. These principles are the no significant harm principle, the good neighbor principle, the polluter pays principle, the precautionary principle, and the preventive action principle. The no

They can also negatively impact various parts of the non-industrialized world. The issues with natural resources is that they are becoming very limited in today’s world. Things that the world needs desperately like fresh water are in very low supply. This is causing the world to look for alternate means that usually means industrializing the world even more which can cause pollution to rise and negatively affect the environment. This low supply can cause conflict as seen through the “race to the artic.” Industrialization and global warming has caused the polar ice caps in the Arctic to melt at a quick rate. This is causing land that used to be non-reachable to be reachable. The melting ice caps are exposing the opportunity for natural resources within the ice (freshwater) and within the seabed’s (minerals, gold, petroleum, etc.) that have never been touched below the ice. This whole issue of natural resources being limited affects the non-industrialized world because they don’t have the technology to survive and to fight for the natural resources that they so desperately need. This can be seen through extreme thirst in third-world African countries. The limited resources and conflict over these resources weakens the already unstable infrastructure of the non-industrialized world and they are left behind and lost in the

Realists emphasize state security, however some have showed slight concern for human security as well. Both types of security require a healthy and strong population base, self-sufficient in food, and a dependable supply of natural resources. Realists also suggest that making the costs of natural resources or the costs of pollution abatement too high diminishes the ability to independent decisions within a state. Overall, realists fit environmental issues into the theoretical concepts of state, power, sovereignty, and the balance of power. Both realists and radicals recognize that controversies over natural resources can lead to violence and even war. Radicals are worried about the costs of the environmental problem. Radicals can see the costs that are distributed unevenly by those in the South and by the poorer groups in the developed North. The radical theory also known as Marxism has been revived by resurgent transnational corporatism. Radicals believe that capital will capture the state and force them to put corporate interests about their own citizens. Marxist use the United States to explain this concept. They state that in the face of global crisis the United States will cut regulations and protection of its citizens, including environmental protection. This will fall hardest on the poorest people in America and its trading partners. Liberals