Globalization in the 20th century has been characterized by the widespread use of telecommunication …show more content…
However, an entirely new task for the globalized world in the 21st century is the consciousness of change that happens on our globe from an environmental perspective. The limited availability of resources and the climate change will be problems that need an entirely new approach to a globalized life. In not so far future, we will have to deal with climate refugees through the rising sea levels, droughts, and floods. In order to prevent, this from happening, we, as one people from one planet, have to find a global answer to reducing CO2-emissions. Until today, we only have loose international agreements that have not shown any results yet. How and to what extent this re-thinking can spread globally, is in my eyes, the biggest challenge in a globalized world of the 21st