Globalization Tomorrow Flashcards
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NGO
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Nonprofit organization that operates independently of any government
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Indentured labour
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Forced labour from a contract
3
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Kyoto Protocol
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Inforced on Feb 16 2005. 192 parties now
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Earth summit
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UN conference held in Rio in 1992. Talked about many events like limited water supply and lead in gasoline.
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Ecological footprint
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Measured in area of wilderness or amount of capital consumed per year.
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Copenhagen conference
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2009 effort to address Kyoto failure
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Sustainability
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Long term stability of economic development
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Activism
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Effort to promote, impede, or direct reforms with the desire to make improvements in
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Disparity
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Inequality
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Genocide
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Any grossly disproportionate death rate among a group, including indirect genocide
