Enviro-five Sustainablility

Intro - Environmental sustainability

Environmental Sustainability is the ability of the environment to survive its use for economic activities, and global environmental issues require urgent international intervention.

Chemical wastes

• ​Chemical waste is toxic and its effect on an organism can be death or infertility.

• ​Chemical waste needs to be carefully managed to ensure that it does not leak into the groundwater.

• ​International measure: The Stockholm Protocol bans twelve of the deadliest manufactured chemicals

Hazardous waste

• ​Hazardous waste includes toxic metal waste such as lead and has a slow decomposition rate.

• ​Hazardous waste can endanger all life forms and entire ecosystems.

• ​International measure: The Basel Convention on the control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waste regulates trade between countries that have signed the convention

Climate change

• ​Climate change is the change in the composition of the atmosphere related to human activity.

• ​A build-up of gases such as carbon dioxide causes heat to be trapped in the atmosphere, leading to global warming.

• ​International measure: The United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sets objectives to reduce greenhouse gases

Loss of indigenous knowledge

• ​Indigenous people have knowledge about the natural environment, which they often use to make a living.

• ​Indigenous people use organic methods and natural processes in dealing with the environment.

• ​International measure: UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations (MOST) programme serves as a global effort to document local and indigenous knowledge before it is lost forever

CONCLUSION

​Achieving a sustainable environment requires a synchronized global commitment where nations strictly enforce international conventions, regulate hazardous trade, and preserve ecological diversity for future generations.