Frontiers 2017 - emerging issues of environmental concern

08 January 2018

As the human population grows and prospers, so our activities produce environmental changes that cascade through the Earth’s systems – beyond the scope of national borders and sometimes the carrying capacity of nature.

Environmental change too often becomes environmental degradation in the form of air, water and soil pollution; deforestation, soil erosion and desertification; water scarcity and biodiversity loss. Environmental degradation affects where and how people can live. The interlacing trends of climate change, population growth, rising consumption, and environmental degradation are likely to lead to the displacement and migration of even greater numbers of people in the future.

Read more in the UN Environment report Frontiers 2017, that explores the newest environmental issues facing the planet - from antimicrobial resistance to off-grid solar.

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