Global Environmental Policy

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The paper discusses the impossibility of reaching an unanimous agreement over the need to act against pollution and gas emissions. The paper explores the elements that define the overall framework of the global environmental policy and discusses the causes and effects of the lack of action, both political and practical, coming from developed and developing countries alike. The paper focuses on the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and its failures. The paper concludes that to face up to the challenge of protecting the environment, solutions and forums are not the answer, rather, the solution lies in the diligent implementation of the agreements reached.

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"In recent years there have been numerous signals coming from scientists regarding the aggravating condition our planet is in. In this sense, it is considered that man, through its continuous development and industrial evolution represents a constant strain on the limited natural resources. The signal was drawn decades ago, when the level of mechanization of the means of production was somewhat limited. Given the current state of affairs, it can be said that the situation is worsening, especially taking into account the increasing number of the world's population as well as the desperate attempts of the national economies, supported by the transnational actors, to face up to the growing demand of the global society."

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