EASC 160gm 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I. China’s GDPII. Where is the money coming from?III. Where is the money being made?IV. TVEsV. GlobalizationOutline of Current Lecture I. Globalization effect on environmentII. CO2 emissionsIII. Major IssuesIV. AirV. WaterVI. Other Current LectureIs “globalization (economic, media, travel, trade, etc…) really global?How so?How not?Are environmental problems really global? Some are, some aren’t.CO2 and climate change is global, though effects certainly are uneven and partly unknown1. China has highest CO2 emissions in the world but are only ¼ of US on a per capitabase2. at the same time the things that used to poison our environment now poison theChina environment3. rare earth metals: not actually rare, require great environmental and radiation poisoningChinese are willing to do it, US isn’t willing What environmental issues involving China have effects beyond China’s borders?o particulate matter in air with high concentrations of mercury and lead contribute to concentrations of these in Western USo dams on Mekong and Salween river affect Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam strapped for water resourceso China is a major market for meat and body parts of endangered species (from Africa mostly) exotic delicacies, illicit bush meat trade from Africa to Chinao China banned logging on upper Yangtze but still has huge demand for rare hardwoods from Laos, Cambodia, and now Siberia smuggling rare hardwoodso acid rain damaging forests in japan and Korea → source is coal burned in ChinaAir: 20 or the world's 30 most polluted cities are in ChinaWater1. pollution- almost 30% of China’s river water is so polluted that they are unfit for agriculturalsue- categorize at level 5 pollution, literally toxic2. scarcity- particularly North China faces terrible shortages, ground water is almost completely tapped outOther Problems- deforestation, desertification, loss of arable land, soil contamination- estimated 5000 environmental inspired “incidents: (group protests of some kind) ever year- 459 “cancer villages” have been