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Environment and Development The Basic Issues

This document discusses several key issues at the intersection of environment and development. It notes that environmental issues both impact and are impacted by economic development. Market failures can lead to excessive environmental degradation. Poverty and lack of education may also result in unsustainable use of natural resources. Global warming and climate change are growing concerns for developing nations. The concept of sustainable development aims to meet current needs without compromising the future by maintaining natural capital stocks over time. Environmental accounting is needed to determine if environmental capital is increasing or decreasing.

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Environment and Development The Basic Issues

This document discusses several key issues at the intersection of environment and development. It notes that environmental issues both impact and are impacted by economic development. Market failures can lead to excessive environmental degradation. Poverty and lack of education may also result in unsustainable use of natural resources. Global warming and climate change are growing concerns for developing nations. The concept of sustainable development aims to meet current needs without compromising the future by maintaining natural capital stocks over time. Environmental accounting is needed to determine if environmental capital is increasing or decreasing.

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Environment and Development: The Basic Issues

• Environmental issues affect, and are affected by, economic


development
• Classic market failures lead to too much environmental
degradation
• Poverty and lack of education may also lead to non-
sustainable use of environmental resources
• Global warming and attendant climate change is a growing
concern in developing countries
• Sustainable development and environmental accounting
• Sustainable development has been defined as “meeting the
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