Question

- Mention the major environmental problems​

Answer 1

Answer:

The climate crisis is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, and we are not ready for it. While the crisis has many factors that play a role in its exacerbation, there are some that warrant more attention than others. Here are some of the biggest environmental problems of our lifetime. 

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Poor Governance

According to economists like Nicholas Stern, the climate crisis is a result ofmultiple market failures. 

Economists and environmentalists have urged policymakers for years to increase the price of activities that emit greenhouse gases (one of our biggest environmental problems), the lack of which constitutes the largest market failure, for example through carbon taxes, which will stimulate innovations in low-carbon technologies.

To cut emissions quickly and effectively enough, governments must not only massively increase funding for green innovation to bring down the costs of low-carbon energy sources, but they also need to adopt a range of other policies that address each of the other market failures. 

A national carbon tax is currently implemented in 25 countries around the world, including various countries in the EU, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Ukraine and Argentina. However, according to the 2019 OECD Tax Energy Use report, current tax structures are not adequately aligned with the pollution profile of energy sources. For example, the OECD suggests that carbon taxes are not harsh enough on coal production, although it has proved to be effective for the electricity industry. A carbon tax has been effectively implemented in Sweden; the carbon tax is USD $127 per tonne and has reduced emissions by 25% since 1995, while its economy has expanded 75% in the same time period

Answer 2

Answer:

20 Major Current Environmental Problems

1. Pollution

2. Soil Degradation

3. Global Warming

4. Overpopulation

5. Natural Resource Depletion

6. Generating Unsustainable Waste

7. Waste Disposal

8. Deforestation

9. Polar Ice Caps

10. Loss of Biodiversity

11. Climate Change

12. Ocean Acidification

13. The Nitrogen Cycle

14. Ozone Layer Depletion

15. Acid Rain

16. Water Pollution

17. Overfishing

18. Urban Sprawl

19. Public Health Issues

20. Genetic Engineering