Study paper from 2003 in the field of Politics - International Politics - Climate and Environmental Policy, grade: 2.0, Justus Liebig University Giessen, language: German.

Abstract: We currently live in a world where the lifestyle of a few has thrown the ecosystem of humanity out of balance. Twenty percent of the population consumes eighty percent of natural resources, such as coal, water, or oil. The biosphere is structured in a large cycle. This cycle is disrupted by humans (more specifically, by industrialized nations) through excessive resource consumption, the harmful and waste substances released as a result, and (closely related to this issue) the increased population growth. The pollution resulting from this has become more complex in recent decades. Environmental damage is no longer just local; it is now...