Globalization of the Environmental Issues: Response of the Arab Region

Globalization And Environment

Global environmental concerns were evolved from the recognition that ecological processes do not always respect national boundaries and that some environmental problems often have cross-border or global impacts. For the last few decades, there have been some very significant global changes, economic, social, cultural, political and environmental, that are underway. These changes, called “globalization”, profoundly affect human development. Yet there is no agreement on exactly how to define the term “globalization”.

There are many definitions of globalization, most commonly; it is seen as a process of removing all kinds of imposed barriers on movements between countries. It is an on-going process of global market integration, which encompasses trade, investment and capital flows. This is driven by the rise of a myriad of regional and global economic institutions such as the World Trade Organization (WTO). The revolutionary progress of the information and communication technology has been playing a crucial role in achieving that integration and even facilitating culture interactions rather than confrontations. It is imperative that all these dimensions of globalization would affect the natural environment.