Living In The Environment, Loose-leaf Version
Living In The Environment, Loose-leaf Version
19th Edition
ISBN: 9781337100106
Author: G. Tyler Miller, Scott Spoolman
Publisher: Brooks Cole
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The reason due to which the decisions and actions of the United States and China will play a major role in determining whether the world can make a shift to a more sustainable future.

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The decisions and actions of the United States and China will play an important role in ascertaining whether the world can make a shift to a more sustainable future. This is because these countries have high economic power and high rates of resource consumption.

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The United States and China play a significant role in shifting the world to a more sustainable future because:

(i) The United States has the world’s third-largest population and the largest ecological footprint and per capita ecological footprint. China has the world’s largest population and the second-largest economy.

(ii) The United States has quick economic growth from 1940 to 1970, along with intense pollution and destruction of its water, air, and soil. China has been experiencing rapid economic growth since 1970, along with severe environmental problems.

This means these countries have high economic power along with the high rate of resource consumption; they play a significant role in determining the shifting of the world to a more sustainable future.

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