Syllabus concepts to know

• 6.1 Geopolitical and economic risks (HL)
• 6.2 Threats to individuals and businesses: and globalizing (HL)
• 6.3 hacking, identity theft and the implications of surveillance for personal processes create freedoms new geopolitical and economic risks for (HL)
• 6.4 political, economic and physical risks to global supply chain flows (HL)
• 6.5 New and emerging threats to the political and economic sovereignty of states: (HL)
• 6.6 profit repatriation and tax avoidance by TNCs and wealthy individuals (HL)
• 6.7 disruptive technological innovations, such as drones and 3D printing (HL)
• 6.8 The correlation between increased globalization and renewed nationalism/tribalization (HL)
• 6.9 Two detailed examples to illustrate geopolitical tension/conflict (HL)
• 6.10 Synthesis, evaluation and skills opportunities (HL)
• 6.11 How the advantages of globalization must be weighed against heightened possibilities of new geopolitical and economic risks (HL)
• 6.12 Environmental risks (HL)
• 6.13 Transboundary pollution (TBP) affecting a large area/more than one country interactions create (HL)
• 6.14 One TBP case study including the consequences and possible responses (HL)
• 6.15 Environmental impacts of global flows at varying scales: and people (HL)
• 6.16 localized pollution, including impacts along shipping lanes (HL)
• 6.17 carbon footprints for global flows of food, goods and people (HL)
• 6.18 Environmental issues linked with the global shift of industry: (HL)
• 6.19 polluting manufacturing industries (HL)
• 6.20 food production systems for global agribusiness (HL)
• 6.21 How global interactions affect the physical environment by varying degrees at different scales (HL)
• 6.22 Local and global resilience (HL)
• 6.23 The success of international civil society organizations in attempting to raise awareness about, and find solutions for, environmental and social risks associated with global interactions risks (HL)
• 6.24 Detailed examples of one environmental and one social civil society organization action (HL)
• 6.25 Strategies to build resilience: (HL)
• 6.26 re-shoring of economic activity by TNCs (HL)
• 6.27 use of crowd-sourcing technologies to build resilience by government and civil society (HL)
• 6.28 new technologies for the management of global flows of data and people, including cybersecurity and e-passports (HL)
• 6.29 How perspectives vary on the severity of different risks and priorities for action (HL)