strategy
Reducing international disparity in the consumption of resources
Claim:
Many environmental problems in the industrialized countries are regarded as consequences of affluence. The use of large numbers of private automobiles, many for recreational purposes, results in air pollution; the intensive agriculture required to supply an over-fed and overweight population results in soil and water contamination by high levels of nitrates; the high consumption per capita of manufactured products is associated with huge quantities of industrial waste, some of which ends up polluting the soil, rivers and coastal waters. Environmental damage in affluent societies is a consequence of excessive development and unrestrained demands for ever larger quantities of goods and services. It is thus a consequence of materialism and acquisitiveness. Broader:
Decreasing consumptionReducing consumer demandCreating global sustainabilityAchieving sustainable production and consumption Facilitated by:
Increasing awareness for need to stabilize resource consumption Problems:
Disparities among developing countriesInternational economic injustice
Maldistribution of resources
Unequal global distribution of economic growth
Subjects:
Resources → Resources Amenities → Consumption
Societal Problems → Imbalances
Type Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
