Summary on "The Double Edge of Globalization" (1st draft)

In “The Double Edge of Globalization”, Chanda(2007) explains the positive and negative impacts of globalization on the environment and how these impacts affect the world. Intensified trade among the countries is mainly caused by globalization. This leads to high demand for resources, severe pollution and extensive deforestation. Yet, the world has failed to encourage people to protect the environment and plant more trees. As a result, global warming occurs, which might affect the world economy and social stability. Natural disasters happened more often in the past few years, many people were forced to leave their hometown. The root cause of this is the unwillingness of people. However, the good impact of globalization is that it also allows us to get such information quickly and easily so that people will response to it at the first time and be more aware of the environmental issues. 

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