Environmental

Crisis and
Sustainable
Development
Environmental Crisis
Environmental crisis is
characterized by rapid and largely
unpredictable changes in the nature of
the environment, which are, if not
difficult to reverse. Examples will be
massive extinctions and substantial
destruction of the ecosystem.
FACTORS AFFECTING
THE ENVIRONMENT
 POPULATION GROWTH
 GLOBAL WARMING
 HABITAT DESTRUCTION AND
EXTINCTION
 WATER AND AIR POLLUTION
POPULATION GROWTH
We are now in the Anthropocene era as
human influence is the primary driver of the
natural environment. Today, there are soon to
be eight billion people on earth compared to
about one billion people at the start of the
Industrial Revolution.
Population growth is an environmental issue
because it puts a strain on the environment as
more land needs to be used for agriculture to
grow food.
GLOBAL WARMING
Global warming describes the current
rise in the average temperature of Earth's
air and oceans.
Global warming is often described as the
most recent example of climate change.
HABITAT
DESTRUCTION AND
Habitat destruction can occur from natural
EXTINCTION
phenomena such as earthquakes, forest fires, or
volcanic eruptions. However, the greatest loss of
habitat today is caused by human activities of
transformation, degradation, and fragmentation
of ecosystems.
Extinction occurs when species are diminished
because of environmental forces such as habitat
fragmentation, climate change, natural disaster,
overexploitation by humans, and pollution.
WATER AND AIR
POLLUTION
Air pollution is contamination of the indoor or
outdoor environment by any chemical, physical
or biological agent that modifies the natural
characteristics of the atmosphere. Household
combustion devices, motor vehicles, industrial
facilities and forest fires are common sources of
air pollution.
Water pollution occurs when harmful
substances—often chemicals contaminate a
stream, river, lake, ocean, or other body of
water, degrading water quality and rendering it
toxic to humans or the environment.
CAUSES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS
• Technological Development
• Increase in Resource and Energy
Consumption
• Rapid increase of Human Population
• Emergence and Development of Capitalist
World Economy
• Short- term Pattern of Decision Making
Technological
Development
In the course of human history , and
particularly after the industrial revolution,
human beings have been able to exert
greater impact on natural resources and
ecosystems.
Rapid Increase of Human
Population
The increase in the number of individuals in
a population and nations with rapid population
growth have low standards of living, whereas
many nations with low rates of population
growth have high standards of living.
Increase in Resource
and Energy
Consumption
The usage and cost of energy affects each
and everyday of our lives. Many issues
arise from the use of energy: greenhouse
gas emissions, acid rain, climate change,
reliance on the depletion of fossil fuel
resources particularly from the politically
unstable regions of the world.
Emergence and
Development of Capitalist
World
CapitalistEconomy
world economy increasing flows of
people, resources, products energy and waste
have occurred, together with increasing
environmental impacts.
Short –term Pattern of
Decision–Making
Exhibited by many governments ,
companies, and individuals, which place
greater emphasis on short-term profit
maximization than on environmental
protection.
 Sustainable Development
•
Sustainable development can be defi ned as
an approach to the economic development
of a country without compromising with the
quality of the environment for future
generations.
•
In the name of economic development, the
price of environmental damage is paid in the
form of land degradation, soil erosion, air
and water pollution, deforestation, etc.
•
This damage may surpass the
advantages of having more quality
 OBJECTIVES OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

•
Economic growth
•
Environmental
protection
•
Social inclusion
PILLARS OF
S U S TA I N A B L E
DEVELOPMENT
 IMPORTANCE OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Provides Essential Human Needs
•
The explosion of population means people will have to
scramble for the limited life essentials like food,
shelter, and water. Adequate provision of these basic
needs almost entirely hinges on infrastructure
capable of sustaining them for a long time.
•
If governments insist on utilizing fossil fuel-based
sources of energy instead of renewable and
sustainable options, the cost and environmental
eff ects of supplying these basic needs would become
a tall order.
 IMPORTANCE OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Agricultural Requirement
•
A growing population means agriculture must catch
up. Finding ways to feed more than 3 billion people
can be staggering. If the same unsustainable
cultivation, planting, irrigation, spraying, and
harvesting techniques are utilized in the future, they
might prove to be financially burdening considering
fossil fuel resources are projected to run out.
•
Sustainable development focuses on sustainable
agricultural methods such as eff ective seeding
techniques and crop rotation to promote high yields
while maintaining the integrity of the soil, which
 IMPORTANCE OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Manage Climate Change
•
Climate change can be mitigated by sustainable
development practices. Sustainable development
practices seek to reduce the use of fossil-based
sources of fuel like oil, natural gas, and coal. Fossil
fuel sources of energy are unsustainable since they
will deplete in the future and are responsible for
the emission of greenhouse gasses.
 IMPORTANCE OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Financial Stability
•
Sustainable development practices have the
ability to create more financially sustainable
economies across the globe. Developing countries
that can’t access fossil fuels can leverage
renewable forms of energy to power their
economies.
•
From the development of renewable energy
technologies, these countries can create
sustainable jobs as opposed to finite jobs based on
fossil fuel technologies.
 IMPORTANCE OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Sustain Biodiversity
•
Unsustainable development and overconsumption
practices greatly impact biodiversity. The life
ecosystem is designed in such a way that species
depend on one another for survival. For instance,
plants produce oxygen that humans need for
respiration.
•
Humans exhale carbon dioxide that plants need for
growth and production. Unsustainable development
practices like emission of greenhouse gasses in the
atmosphere kill many plant species resulting in the
 EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Wind Energy
Wind energy is energy
harnessed from the motion of
wind using wind turbines or
windmills. Wind energy is
renewable, which means it’s
never- ending and can be used
to substitute energy at the grid.
This makes it a good
sustainable development
practice.
 EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Solar Energy
This is energy harnessed
from the sun using solar
panels. It’s advantageous
since it’s absolutely free and
its supply is infinite. These
factors makeit beneficial to
consumers and good for
Mother Nature because it
doesn’t contribute to the
emission of greenhouse
 EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Green Space
Green spaces are locations
where plants and animals are
left to flourish. Parks also fall
into the category of green
spaces.
Green spaces provide people
a
remarkable opportunity to
take pleasure in outdoor
recreation, more so in big
 EXAMPLES OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
Crop Rotation
Crop rotation, in contrast, is
defi ned as “the successive
planting of diff erent crops on
the same land to improve soil
fertility and help control insects
and diseases.” This way of
farming is not a new practice,
but rather a more ancient way
of farming chemical-free, whilst
maximizing the long-term
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