Sustainable Development

sustainable development

is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Sustainable development

relates to consumption and utilization of resources

climate change

is often seen as a part of the broader challenge in sustainable development

Global Commitment

to protect the planet from degradation and take urgent action on climate change.

Climate change

one of the greatest challenges of our time
“undermine the ability of all countries to achieve sustainable development.

carbon tax” and ‘carbon neutrality”

There are significant challenges involved in implementing various measures such as ____ to deal with environmental problems

coastal areas and low-lying coastal countries

climate change impacts are seriously affecting

Depredation

caused by industrial and transportation toxins and plastic in the ground; the defiling of the sea, rivers, and water beds by oil spills and acid rain; the dumping of urban waste

Overpopulation

increased birth rates

Waste disposal catastrophe

due to excessive amount of waste (from plastic to food packages to electronic waste) unloaded by communities in landfills as well as on the ocean; and dumping of nuclear waste

Deadly acid rain

as a result of fossil fuel combustion, toxic chemicals from erupting volcanoes, and the massive rotting vegetables filling up garbage dumps or left on the streets

Destruction of million-year-old ecosystems and the loss of biodiversity

destruction of the coral reefs and massive deforestation) extinction of particular species and decline in the number of others

Depletion of ozone layer

CFC’s in the atmosphere

Water pollution

arising from industrial and community waste residues seeping into underground water tables, rivers and sea

Reduction of oxygen and increase in carbon dioxide

due to deforestation, resulting in the rise in ocean acidity by as much as 150 percent in the last 250 year

radical alteration of food systems

because of genetic modifications in food production