Pace of Environmental Degradation

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
DISCUSSION
SAFEGUARDING OUR PLANET

INTRODUCTION
• THE CHANGES IN THE GLOBAL CLIMATE HAS INCREASED THE PACE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION WITH MELTING ICE PEAKS, RISING WATER LEVEL,
POLLUTION OF AIR AND WATER, AND DEPLETION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
• THE RAPID INDUSTRIALIZATION AND GROWTH OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT PROMISED
OF A BETTER LIFESTYLE, CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO GLOBAL CLIMATE
CHANGE
• IN THIS RELATION, SCHALTEGGER AND BURRITT (2017) OPINED THAT THE MOST OF
THE COMPANIES HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE OF ECO- FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES

SAFEGUARDING OUR PLANET
• THE MAJOR ISSUE THAT WAS EXHIBITED THROUGH THE ANNUAL MEETING ON
“SAFEGUARDING OUR PLANET” WAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
AND THE DIFFERENT CAUSES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CATASTROPHIC
CHANGE IN THE GLOBAL CLIMATE
• THE MEETING OF WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM CRITICALLY EVALUATES THE
DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTENANCE RELATED CONCERNS

SAFEGUARDING OUR PLANET
• IN THIS CONNECTION, THE MEETING ON “SAFEGUARDING OUR PLANET”
ADMINISTERED THE NEEDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTENANCE
(WEFORUM.ORG 2019)
• IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT THE INCREASING RATE OF POLLUTION FROM THE
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND THE ENHANCED POPULATION IN MOST OF THE
COUNTRIES SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED TO GLOBAL WARMING AND OTHER
DEGRADATION BASED CONCERNS