Think Environment Act Development

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‘Think Environment, Act Development’

A proverb “Grasp all, lose all” seems to have some profundity in the feverish talks that has been heatedly going on around the globe. Between wavering decisions of development and environment, the humanities have made feverish efforts to keep both of the crucial assets in a complete balance. Yet, launching out the commitments of sustaining the two was nearly impossible. Lingering questions of the Earth Summit, held shortly after the end of the Cold War in Rio, June 1992, still persist as a result of discord and reluctance among nations. It now seems that people are expecting much from what will be the outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa in September this year. An establishment of an ultimate breakthrough, which will provide specific measures such as clear goals and timetables, is crucial according to many. Recent efforts have been conspicuously dominated by an economic development. A good number of people agreed to the fact that globalization and free market system help the establishment of a better environment. I personally agree to this opinion not only because the economic growth helps fight against poverty and ignorance, but also because it means progress for both developed and developing countries. In addition, the global warming theory is proven by many scientists to be highly exaggerated, supporting the fact that the humanity still owns an ample scope to continue with further development. There exists a highly pessimistic opinion that further development and globalization will only aggravate the existing environmental problems. However in my perspective, globalization is the only means to overcome the barriers of international conflict and to achieve “sustainable development.”
To begin with, globalization with its trait of free trade must not be stopped for the sake of developing countries’ future as well as...