Globalization And Sustainability Analysis

Investigating (criterion a)

The Goal and Global Context The global context, Globalisation and Sustainability was chosen because it rightly encompasses my passion to improve things. Since childhood, I was ,and still am, greatly interested in systems that operate somewhat interdependently. After moving to Switzerland did I realise the efficiency of the Swiss system and the benefits of this brings to the Swiss society. I then began to contemplate whether this interconnected system is based on the brilliance and ingenuity of just the Swiss engineers or an accumulation of the ideas that have been tried and tested in other places which come together to benefit the country. In the second model, the Swiss engineers collaborate with people from abroad
(Why it works well?) It fits the main problem well because it asks all the correct questions that, such as “How is everything interconnected?” which remain central to the theme of the project. This project, being a tribute to the powers of global interdependence, (the flow of knowledge and ideas from more prosperous nations to poorer ones) fits the theme of Globalisation and Sustainability much more than any of the other global contexts. Fairness and Development is a fair comparison however it does not represent the interconnectedness of the global system and how to preserve it but rather the “Consequences of our common humanity.” It delves much deeper into the question of why, rather than what. I want action here and solid hard research to make the living conditions bearable, lives better and achieve sustainability, there is no time to reflect on the “common humanity”. Its going to take ideas from everywhere and shove it into a city filled with pollution, dust and a myriad of housing problems (at least in Delhi, not counting the satellite cities). That is Globalisation not
With, 7.2 million cars on the streets and the number only set to increase sustainability is endangered. I believed a solution to the problem would be the Land Transport Authority’s (Singapore) regulation of motor vehicles with an auctioning system. There, the ability to own a car has to be paid for in a bid. This makes getting certificates of entitlement, a pass to own a car, extremely expensive as the highest bidder wins the bid. There are only a certain number of entitlements given, therefore the government can control the number of cars on the road effectively. (“Vehicle Quota System”). Also coal powered power plants in the outskirts of the city produce toxic amounts of smog that settles over the city like a looming prophet of doom. By burning coal at less than efficient temperatures, they create more pollution than necessary. Furthermore, the Wall Street Journal reports that many of the city’s factories do not follow emission regulations or enable the scrubbers.(“5 Things to Know about Delhi’s Air Pollution.”) A solution would be to switch more to renewable energy like solar as the capital receives a fair amount of sunlight during both the summers and winter, provided there is no smog.