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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Inadequate environmental awareness

Inadequate environmental awareness

  • Lack of environmental awareness

Claim

Perhaps in a decade we'll all be environmentally aware, but there will be nothing left to defend.

Broader

Imbalance in distribution of political awareness
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Narrower

Unmeaningful relationships to place
Presentable
Unawareness of health problems
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Lack of public awareness for biodiversity conservation
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Inadequate environmental concerns of international financial institutions
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Ignorance of ecoregions
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Aggravates

Sedentary city lifestyles
Presentable
Inadequate sanitation infrastructure
Presentable
Health hazards of environmental degradation
Presentable
Inadequate legislation against environmental pollution
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Aggravated by

Lack of full cost accounting of consumer products
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Inadequate environmental education
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Related

Sense of impermanence
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Lack of places in urban environments encouraging unstructured public access
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Lack of international policy on specific issues
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Inadequate environmental communication
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Strategy

Enhancing environmental awareness
Presentable

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Subject
  • Societal problems » Inadequacy
  • Societal problems » Scarcity
  • Environment » Environment
  • Consciousness » Consciousness
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
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    Language
    English
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024