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BUS2SUS - Global Sustainability Problems - Report

   

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Running head: GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMGLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEMName of the Student:Name of the University:Author Note:

GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEM 1Table of Contents1. Introduction:21.1 Background21.2 Wicked Problem Fracking (Coal-Seam Gas extraction) in Australia31.3 Characteristics of Wicked Problem31.4 Aim of the Essay and Preferred Structure42. Discussion:42.1 Coal-Seam Gas extraction as a wicked problem:52.2 Analysing based on the three pillar model of sustainability:52.3 Current approach towards solving the sustainability issue and system thinking:63. Synthesis:74. Conclusion:8References:9

GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEM 21. Introduction:1.1 Background As the population of the world continues to grow at a rapid rate, there is an increaseddemand of natural resources that is encountered by the society. This is one of the major issuesencountered by the world population in order to maintain Global sustainability. It is important to mention that sustainable development practice is an essential componentof an advanced global society that can help to deal with the issues related energy crisis and otherenvironmental issues. Scarcity of natural resources is one of the major challenges to sustainabledevelopment practice. With the rise of energy demand that is needed to provide the fuel for thelatest technology and automobiles, it is important to extract the natural resources that includecoal, minerals and petroleum products (Elbehri et al. 2013, p. 42). The excess extraction of thenatural resources is also posing image of threat to the future generation, who has the risk to faceenergy crisis. Climate change and global warming is also one of the major environmental concerns ofpresent generation. Excess use of fossil fuel is one of the major causes of pollutants that arebeing exposed within the atmosphere (Head & Alford 2015, p.712). These pollutants are themajor cause of global warming and climate change.It is essential for the present generation to properly identify the issues related tosustainability. It is also essential to properly define the character of the wicked nature of theproblem that is the primary steps that is needed to implement proper intervention measures tomaintain sustainability (Elbehri et al. 2013, p. 42).

GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY PROBLEM 31.2 Wicked Problem Fracking (Coal-Seam Gas extraction) in AustraliaThe rise of energy demand in all parts of the globe, there is a sense of urgency in order todiscover alternative source of energy that can help to maintain sustainability the globalenvironment (Head & Alford 2015, p.712). The research paper of Camillus (2016), has mentioned about the importance of gas that isused as the major parts of fossil fuel, which is believed to be one of the effective ways tomaintain clean environment. The Fracking technique is used in the context that is implementedby the government of Australia to extract clean gas. The source from where this clean gas isextracted is called shale and coal seam gas (CSG). In Queensland and New South Wales regionof Australia there is a huge Reserve of coal seam gas which is believed to be one of the effectiveways to reduce the environmental pollution that is caused by other fossil fuel. It is essential to expand the range of the Shale gas industry, which will enable application enlargescale commercial purposes. Nevertheless, Termeer et al. (2015, p.681), have mentioned about the characteristics ofthe Wicked problem, which is associated with the application of and extraction process of coalseam gas in the Australian region. The wicked nature of the problem is due to the fact that it isdifficult to identify the challenges that are associated with coal seam gas. It is one of the majorissues that are encountered by the policy makers in order to implement proper intervention steps.1.3 Characteristics of Wicked Problem Zijp et al. (2016, p.320), have mentioned about the important characteristics in order toidentify the wicked problems related to sustainability. It is not possible to properly define thenature of the wicked problem, as there is no fixed formula. Hence, it is not possible to get a

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