Global Environment and Natural Resources
Part three of the book focuses on issues elated to conserving and more equitably sharing the planet's environment and natural resources in ways that meet present needs without undermining future uses.This is the essence of environmental sustainability a concept reflected in yet another.Resources such as a stable world climate,energy,clean fresh water,fisheries,and forest are all part of the global commons,and all are already under stress.Those stresses will only become more intense as world population and incomes increases,and as today's developing countries follow consumption paths taken decades earlier by the develop countries.Yet addressing the challenges of sustainable resource use is hampered by a sobering reality