Answer to Question #246072 in Macroeconomics for Sphe

Question

The failures of the international measures in addressing environmental problems

Answer 1

• Long range transport of toxic substances.
• Degradation of the world's ecological systems.
• Loss of biodiversity worldwide.
• Global climate change.
• Declined quality of coastal ocean .

Above are some of the environmental problems.

Below are failures of international measures to address them:

1. International environmental treaties bring together only those nations that agree to comply with them.
2. Compliance to the provisions and obligations set is based on good faith of the states being regulated by the set agreements. There are no rewards or punishments to check on compliance.
3. Leadership of rich and poor countries share different perspectives on the nature of environmental problems and often fail to agree on the danger that could result from environmental disasters.
4. The environmental problems and solutions that leaders of different countries choose to support or ignore depend upon environmental politics within their countries.
5. The countries of the world have markedly different perspectives about the attention that global environmental problems must receive as against the economic and social problems experienced domestically.