The Civil Analyst

The corona crisis has only accentuated the recent changes in the global order. This article analyses 7 trends that have been emerging in the global order recently. 1.     The rise of Asia Till the 18 th century, Asia accounted for half the world’s GDP. The European naval expansion and colonialism followed by Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of the Western world. Now the  balance is being restored whose first trend which became clear in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008. The financial crisis of 2008 tested the  resilience of Asian countries . Even today, Asian economies have demonstrated greater agility in fighting the corona pandemic compared to western countries. The economic forecasts of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that out of the G-20 countries, Only India and China is expected to show a positive growth in 2020. It is true for other Asian nations as well which displayed a greater responsiveness against Corona and expected t

In the early 1980s, increasing environmental awareness in many developed countries led to the strict environmental regulations which accelerated the costs of disposing of hazardous wastes . This started an approach known as ‘ not in my backyard ’ or ‘NIMBY’ by which developed countries found it very easy and cheaper to dump such wastes in developing countries and Eastern European Nations where people are not as much aware as in the developed countries. In the later 1980s it became very evident that hazardous wastes of developed countries were being shipped to and buried in developing countries without proper caution. In order to regulate these wastes across international boundaries, the Basel Convention came into existence. T he Basel Convention on the Control of transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes was established on March 22, 1989 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries in Basel, Switzerland, under the aegis of United Nations Environment Programme . It entered into force in

Migratory Species are those animals that travel from one place to another because of various factors such as food, sunlight, climate and temperature etc. The movement between habitats can sometimes go beyond thousands of miles/Km for some migratory birds and animals. A migratory route can involve nesting and also requires the availability of habitats before and after each migration. In order to safeguard the migratory species all through their range countries , a convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) was signed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in the year 1979 in Germany, also known as the Bonn Convention . It entered into force on 1 st November 1983. It is the only international environmental treaty that provides a platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory species and their habitats. CMS is established utterly for the conservation and management of terrestrial, aquatic and avian migratory species through

The international trade of wildlife is estimated to be worth of billions of dollars, including hundreds of millions of plant and animal specimens. This trade ranges from live animals and plants to a vast array of wildlife products derived from them, including food products, exotic leather goods, wooden musical instruments, timber, tourist curios and medicines. Such a high level of exploitation and trade of some animal and plant species with various other factors such as habitat loss or destruction leads to severe depletion of their populations and even gets them close to extinction. While many wildlife species in trade are not endangered, but there is a need for an agreement to ensure the trade sustainability in order to maintain these resources for the future (You may also interested in Bonn Convention ). CITES CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora), also known as the Washington Convention is an international agreement between go

The global energy consumption in the recent years has been rapidly increased especially fossil fuels (non-renewable resource) whose depletion has led to the world energy crisis. Additionally, fossil fuels results in the emission of greenhouse gasses to the environment, leading to global warming and climate change. Thus, a sustainable society requires reduction in pollution and fossil fuel consumption. Hereafter, there is an urgent need for alternative energy resources, which should be clean, renewable and economical. Biofuels, which is considered as a renewable energy source, is a step taken to put less strain on the limited supply of fossil fuels. Biofuels are hydrocarbon fuels which are primarily derived from organic matter or biomass such as plants, animal waste or algae material. It can be in any form e.g. solid liquid or gaseous and can be used as an alternative or sometimes blende with petrol, diesel or any other fuels. Now a days, biofuels are one of the largest renewable en

Every year September 16 is observed as the World Ozone Day, marking the signing day of the Montreal Protocol.   In late 1970s, American chemists F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina proved that CFC (Chlorofluorocarbons) compounds used in refrigerators, aerosol cans and air conditioners combine with solar radiation and decompose in the stratospheric layer, freeing chlorine and chlorine monoxide atoms which have the potential to destroy large numbers of ozone molecules. Then, a huge hole in the ozone layer was observed over Antarctica in the year 1985, allowing dangerous level of UV radiation to reach the earth’s surface. In the same year Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer was also signed under which UN members realized the fundamental significance of curbing damage to the ozone layer. The Vienna convention summarises states’ duties to shield human health and environment against adverse impacts of ozone depletion, established the framework under which the Montreal Proto