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==Description:==
==Description:==
Environmental awareness
'''Environmental awareness'''


There is an ever increasing concern for our ecology and with our very existence depending upon the concept of a sustainable planet; it is no surprise that environmental awareness is one of the most sought after topics.


There is an ever increasing concern for our ecology and with our very existence depending upon the concept of a sustainable planet; it is no surprise that environmental awareness is one of the most sought after topics. There has to be a limit up to which the atmosphere can cope with the greenhouse emissions, and with developing countries joining the race to improve quality of life, there is more industrialization which in turn is increasing the pollution. As climate change disasters become more apparent, environmental awareness will be one and maybe the only key factor to save our planet.


==Enablers:==
==Enablers:==
Need for a sustainable planet
Need for a sustainable planet
Climate change disasters
Climate change disasters
Scarcity of resources
Scarcity of resources
Concentrated efforts by NGO and informed citizens
Concentrated efforts by NGO and informed citizens
Internet and better communication facilities
Internet and better communication facilities
Rise of independent media
Rise of independent media


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==Inhibitors:==
==Inhibitors:==
Lack of political will
Lack of political will
Lack of resources to spread the environmental campaign  
Lack of resources to spread the environmental campaign  
Illiteracy  
Illiteracy  


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==Paradigms:==
==Paradigms:==
Environmental concern will spread as there may be further damage to our ecosystem, awakening people to the threat posed by greenhouse emissions.
Environmental concern will spread as there may be further damage to our ecosystem, awakening people to the threat posed by greenhouse emissions.
Governments will come under increased pressure to take steps to address the problem
Governments will come under increased pressure to take steps to address the problem
Companies will have to adopt a more serious approach to the sustainability issue as more people get aware of the danger facing the environment
Companies will have to adopt a more serious approach to the sustainability issue as more people get aware of the danger facing the environment


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==Experts:==
==Experts:==
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change  
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change  
Environmentalists and leaders such as Al Gore
Environmentalists and leaders such as Al Gore



Latest revision as of 12:17, 20 August 2010

Description:

Environmental awareness


There is an ever increasing concern for our ecology and with our very existence depending upon the concept of a sustainable planet; it is no surprise that environmental awareness is one of the most sought after topics. There has to be a limit up to which the atmosphere can cope with the greenhouse emissions, and with developing countries joining the race to improve quality of life, there is more industrialization which in turn is increasing the pollution. As climate change disasters become more apparent, environmental awareness will be one and maybe the only key factor to save our planet.

Enablers:

Need for a sustainable planet

Climate change disasters

Scarcity of resources

Concentrated efforts by NGO and informed citizens

Internet and better communication facilities

Rise of independent media


Inhibitors:

Lack of political will

Lack of resources to spread the environmental campaign

Illiteracy


Paradigms:

Environmental concern will spread as there may be further damage to our ecosystem, awakening people to the threat posed by greenhouse emissions.

Governments will come under increased pressure to take steps to address the problem

Companies will have to adopt a more serious approach to the sustainability issue as more people get aware of the danger facing the environment


Experts:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Environmentalists and leaders such as Al Gore

Timing:

Web Resources:

http://www.ipcc.ch/organization/organization.htm