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  2. Climate change in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Global warming also has an impact on ocean currents that influence the Brazilian climate, and the winds that carry the humidity that reaches Brazil are having their patterns modified, with the effect of reducing the level of atmospheric humidity and disturbing the formation of clouds, reducing precipitation.

  3. Economy of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Brazil was the 25th largest exporter in the world in 2020, with 1.1% of the global total. [152] In 2021, Brazil exported US$280.4 billion and imported US$219.4 billion, with a surplus of US$61 billion. [153] The country's top ten export products were: [154] Iron ore: US$42.2 billion; Soy: US$37.3 billion; Crude petroleum oils: US$27.4 billion

  4. Global North and Global South - Wikipedia

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    What brought about much of the dependency, was the push to become modernized. After World War II, the U.S. made effort to assist developing countries financially in attempt to pull them out of poverty. [42] Modernization theory "sought to remake the Global South in the image and likeliness of the First World/Global North."

  5. 'Who pays?' asks Brazil Greenpeace protest on climate impact ...

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    MANACAPURU, Brazil (Reuters) - A team of Brazilian Greenpeace environmental activists on Friday placed a protect banner on a sandbank that has emerged in the middle of one of the major rivers of ...

  6. Economic globalization - Wikipedia

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    World War I disrupted economic globalization, with countries adopting protectionist policies and trade barriers, slowing global trade. [7] The 1956 invention of containerized shipping and larger ship sizes reduced costs, facilitating global trade. [8] [9] Globalization resumed in the 1970s as governments highlighted trade benefits.

  7. Globalization - Wikipedia

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    Globalization is a diverse phenomenon that relates to a multilateral political world and to the increase of cultural objects and markets between countries. The Indian experience particularly reveals the plurality of the impact of cultural globalization. [105] Transculturalism is defined as "seeing oneself in the other". [106]

  8. Environmental issues in Brazil - Wikipedia

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    Even though there are collection services, they tend to focus in the south and southeast of Brazil. However, Brazil does regulate dangerous waste materials such as oil, tires and pesticides. [11] In 2014, Brazil hosted the FIFA World Cup. As a result, a great amount of investment entered the country, yet waste management improvements still lack ...

  9. Dimensions of globalization - Wikipedia

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    Political globalization is the intensification and expansion of political interrelations around the globe. [2] Aspects of political globalization include the modern-nation state system and its changing place in today's world, the role of global governance, and the direction of our global political systems.