Global governance and commons unknown question answers

Question 1

explain how the UN has worked to promote growth and stability

Answer 1

• IGO who’s purpose is to maintain international peace and security
• created after WW2
• sponsored agreements based on human rights post WW2
• worked to achieve women’s rights worldwide

Question 2

explain concept of global governance

Answer 2

• refers to emergence of rules, laws, norms and institutions
• allowed trade systems and human development
• responsible for positive changes within geopolitics
• e.g. UN

Question 3

outline threats to Antarctica arising from fishing

Answer 3

• overfishing krill
• 100,000 tonnes caught every year
• disrupts natural food chain (marine mammals main food source)
• Greenpeace study has found that this could cause penguin populations to decrease by a third at the end of the century

Question 4

explain threats to Antarctica arising from whaling

Answer 4

• profitable (one whale = $1 million)
• whales hunted to point of scarcity by mid 1950s
• ships pollute ocean further endangering whales and other species
• Japan has become one of the largest whale hunters in recent years

Question 5

explain concept of ‘global commons’

Answer 5

• Earth’s shared resources
• no national governance
• advances in technology mean commons are at risk of exploitation
• as there is no single jurisdiction, there is always a chance of overexploitation