Environmental Policies Of China And Brazil

China is an example of an emerging superpower; its economy has doubled in size every eight years since 1980. Since 2000, China has been the largest recipient of overseas investment, and now foreign-owned companies . 60% of the world trade since 2004 has been as a result of Chinas industrialisation. So here we can see that China has developed due to industrialisation, which has increased its power. China use to be a low-income country, so we can see from a low-income country to an emerging superpower how powers can shift over time due to many factors that influence the world. However even though China is an emerging superpower, it has come with some cost to the environment for example China has 16 of the top 20 most air-polluted cities in the world. The polluted air was blamed for over 4000 000 premature deaths in 2003.

Under the Special Secretariat of the Environment, framework was established to mirror that of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. In 1974, the Industrial Pollution Control and Prevention Law identified major metropolitan regions as environmentally critical which in turn made SEMA in charge of the zoning guidelines. A year later, additional legislation was passed to refine the state’s responsibilities in environmental management and enforcement by allowing city and state governments to regulate industrial and manufacturing operations. The following year, in 1976, the establishment of national air standards were developed to monitor and regulate particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, carbon

1. In the Xia case, if the WTO were to rule in favor of Brazil, which of the WTO trade agreements would contain the justification and why?

While navigating the geographical factors and location for an international business in Brazil, a conceptual model for corporate sustainability is offered in the article, “Integrating sustainability into business practices: learning from Brazilian firms," Petrini and Pozzebon (2010) list the influential factors of three categories: corporate view, organizational structure, and organizational mechanisms that organization must contend with. On the global side of corporate sustainability is the prevalent theme of corporate social responsibility, or CSR. CSR and sustainability both take into account environmental, social, and economic dimensions to effectively sustain the corporation into future endeavors; CSR proponents, whether they be industrial, scientific, or environmental, understand the increased sales and profits identified with this theme, but now the sustainability and development of the business itself are also being seen through the eyes of CSR (Petrini & Pozzebon, 2010). The corporate view from the top needs to develop an organizational structure to allow implementation of a set of organizational mechanisms that will legitimize and consolidate the integration of sustainability; the authors also point to the leadership in the corporation providing a clear definition of sustainability’s role within the firm, and recommend that a system of recognition and valorization of sustainable practices and initiatives needs to come from the

China’s increasingly steady growth has impacted the environment negatively as economic growth is normally at the expense of environmental sustainability. Environmental sustainability is the maintenance of renewable resource, pollution creation and non-renewable resource depletion that contributes to the quality of environment on a long-term basis. The environmental performance index ranked Australia 3rd whereas China is far behind on the list, being ranked 188th out of 195 countries. China being ranked heavily low is due to the massive produce of carbon dioxide emissions and pollution from factories, which eventually reduces the production of inputs into the natural environment, and thus represents waste and inefficiency. China does not have

The number one priority in regards to China should be their pollution level. Even though they are on the other side of the world, we are greatly affected by their disregard for the environment. The United States is also given a bad reputation when we deal with a country that has no regard for the environment. In order to remain popular in the eyes of the public, we need to exaggerate that we are doing everything we can to convince China to implement better environmental standards. Because according to our top expert

There are many social problems in our world today, many of which can cause health problems like air pollution in China. China is one of the largest countries in the world with a population of around 1.4 billion people. Air pollution or smog has been a serious issue that China has been trying to control, recently the president of China said that the country plans on leaving behind coal and move towards renewable energy. China plans to stick to its plan from the Paris agreement to focus on cutting C02 emissions and focus on renewable energy and move China away from a polluted planet to the leader in renewable energy.

The people of China enjoy the assets of a flourishing economy but they also are suffering from the price that is being paid on the environment and specifically air pollution in their country due to the cities and the housing of people and the materials that are being used

One of China’s main goals is to achieve and maintain a harmonious socialist society by 2020. This is an ambition not easily obtained. Public outrage and lessening opinions of the government are growing in China reflected by the increasing number of public disturbances and riots. The police and military are quick to respond highlighting China’s poor human rights record. Pollution too is a major problem in China with 16 out of the world’s 20 most polluted cities being China. Over 700,000 deaths are attributed annually to pollution. Although China is moving towards better environmental sustainability, two thirds of its energy comes from coal sources currently and every dollar of GDP uses three times more energy than the global average.

Firstly, I will address the article written by Richard Brubaker, ‘China and the Climate Change Debate’. During Copenhagen’s 2009 summit, China shone in its reluctance to agree to any binding commitments, especially commitments assessing carbon emissions. However, China is using its resources to act in other areas such as investing in newer and cleaner technology. It is pursuing economic, environmental, and social stability, campaigned as a ‘harmonious society’, though its ability to create balance while maintain stable growth has proven limited. Sustainability is China’s biggest and most complex issue dealing with air pollution to manmade droughts. However, China does not seem to grasp the suitable meaning of sustainability, it simply means the population having sufficient nutrition. China relies

China’s 1970 economic reforms boosted the economic output by 11.4% on a yearly basis. The reforms gave authority to the provinces and enabled the market-oriented public enterprises. The economic gains were so great that they accounted for about 33% of the national GDP. Prosperity seemed imminent since the 1970s, but little did the people know that they were on the path that would place them as the world’s most polluted countries and the worlds largest greenhouse gas emitter.

However, there is comfort to know that western developed countries like United States, United Kingdom and Japan have been through serious environmental issues too and are able to reverse them. This method is interpreted as “pollute first, control later” in Chinese context, which means environmental cost is inevitable when developing Chinese economy, and measures would be taken towards this environmental cost later with a more solid economic base than before.

As our population is growing, when we are taking it for granted to ask the nature for resource we want, environmental protection is becoming more and more important and necessary. Water protection is especially urgent now. We can see the water pollution is becoming worse. In this essay, I am going to talk about the recent situation of the water pollution, the bad effects of it and some ways help to solve the problem as well.

Abstract: Economic development is very critical for better future of any country and its residence but for one to gain something thing they must lose something. This has been the case with china’s economy and the environment. China’s growing manufacturing sector and increase in consumption has taken the country’s economy to new heights. Today china is one of the largest economic powerhouse in world, but at what cost. China’s manufacturing sector is the largest in the world. It creates massive air pollution and waste. My paper will illustrate numerous dominant sources of economic growth in china and its colossal impact on the environment in china. In addition, my paper will discuss policies made for betterment of the environment.

Culture, as described by Professor Geert Hofstede is “the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from others”. Every country in the world has a unique set of values, characteristics and behaviors that distinguishes them from one another. These draw the line of how people from the same country behave with each other and how they deal with other people from different countries or nations, that also have their own cultural values and norms.