Globalization BM

Globalization Quarter 3 Benchmark

By: Kristina Chiev

How the ratings are decided?

Environmental Damage - Rate the level of damage

10 = in perfect environmental health

0 = in complete environmental damage that will be nearly impossible from which to recover

Climate Change - Rate the level of change

10 = a completely stable climate

0 = large/violent swings in climate conditions that negatively impact life and physical landscape

Hostile Neighbors - Rate the level of hostility

10 = no hostile neighbors

0 = surrounded on all sides by hostile neighbors

Friendly Trade Partners - Rate the level of access to friendly trade partners

10 = access to unlimited friendly trade partners

0 = cut off from world markets, plagued by sanctions

Society's Response to its Environmental Problems - Rate the level of responsiveness to environmental problems

10 = Robust, effective interventions to environmental problems

0 = No environmental policy intervening in pervasive problems

Japan’s Ratings:

Environmental Damage - Japan - 3/10

Tsunami + Nuclear Reactors

Climate Change - Japan - 4/10

(Look at the Climate change bar)

Hostile Neighbors - Japan - 8/10

(People abducted by North Korean agents)

(North Koreans abducted Japanese citizens and told Japan that each person who was reported missing from an abduction, died, without proof of death or even death certificates)

Friendly Trade Partners - Japan - 7/10

Society's Response to its Environmental Problems - Japan - 4/10

Taking care of citizen’s safety first before thinking about the environment and how to fix the damages done.

Belize’s Ratings:

Environmental Damage - Belize - 5/10

Deforestation

Climate Change - Belize - 4/10

Lots of hurricanes lately

Hostile Neighbors - Belize - 10/10

None that I’ve found!

Most of their neighbors are their friendly trade partners

Friendly Trade Partners - Belize - 7/10

Society's Response to its Environmental Problems - Belize - 8/10

Students planting trees and plants during Earth Day

Japan vs. Belize

	Japan	Belize	Compare	Contrast
Environmental Damage	3/10	5/10	Their lands and soils are severely damaged and can’t be fixed in a day. It take years to repair the environment.	Japan was recently hit with a tsunami. Belize suffering from deforestation.
Climate change	4/10	4/10	Both places have been having unstable climate changes lately that has effected both their environment greatly.	Japan’s climate has been unstable with the dryness and heat, but also man made activities from factories. Belize has been suffering from lots and lots of hurricanes around their area, more than it used to be.
Hostile neighbors	8/10	10/10	They are friendly with their neighbors because they neighbors are their trade partners.	Japan is friendly with almost all their neighbors BESIDES North Korea because they have been abducting Japanese citizens and saying that each one died, without providing proof. Belize’s neighbors are their friendly trading partners, so they don’t have a problem with their neighbors.
Friendly trade partners	6/10	7/10	They are both friendly trade partners with America and China.	Japan’s friendly trade partners is mainly around their continent, Asia. Also because of Japan’s situation, exports to other countries will be risky to other countries, but their partners are still importing good to Japan to feed the citizens. Belize’s friendly trade partners is mainly around their area also, America.
Society's Response	4/10	8/10	Nothing seem noticeable between the two for now.	Japan is trying to deal with their citizens first before thinking about fixing anything up. They are thinking about the safety of their citizens while also stopping the nuclear reactors. Belize is working on replanting plants and trees and also getting children interested with the planting and what it means.
Overall	5/10	6.8/10	Both their environment are severely damaged but their trade partners are still willing to help each other.	Japan is going through an emergency crisis right now and imports and exports will cause risk to other environments that accepts their goods, so their ranking is really low. Belize is not having a problem as bad as Japan, but their environment is still suffering.

Citations:

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Secretariat of the Headquarters for the Abduction Issue. "Individual Cases - 17 Abductees Identified by the Government of Japan / Abductions of Japanese Citizens by North Korea." 日本国政府:北朝鮮による日本人拉致問題. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. <http://www.rachi.go.jp/en/ratimondai/jian.html>.

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