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The end of the Cold War has provided us with the opportunity for a fundamental rethinking about the nature of relations among nations, and for us to work together to prevent further destruction of the environment. However poverty is preventing one fourth of humanity from receiving even basic needs such as adequate food, pure and sufficient water, primary health care, education and shelter. As long as this economic disparity remains, the stress on the environment will continue; for the poor, the struggle for survival overrides any concern for the environment. At the same time — although for different reasons — both North and South are continuing to exhaust the Earth’s resources. That is why environmental concern ought to be acknowledged as the focal point of their relationship.
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Dwivedi, O.P. (1997). Towards a Global Environmental Policy. In: India’s Environmental Policies, Programmes and Stewardship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25859-8_7
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