| Problem | Components |
|---|---|
| Policy issue area: | World |
| Policy issue: | Environment |
| Description: | Increasing worldwide atmospheric pollution threatens major damage to agriculture, the protective ozone layer, and to coastal areas. |
| Symptoms: | Rising atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other industrial gases; depletion of the ozone layer; global warming trend causes rising sea levels and coastal area flooding. |
| Causes: | Destruction of forests for agriculture and firewood, and by industrial pollution; emission of air pollutants by cars and industry. |
| Cost of problem: | - |
| Solution | Components |
| Resources: | Governments of industrialized countries; universities and research institutes; world organizations. |
| Goal: | Slow down, and eventually reverse the effects of harmful climate changes. |
| Program area: | World ecological development |
| Program-remedy: | 1. Expand family planning and related activities 2. Massive programs to protect topsoil on cropland, reforestation, raising energy efficiency, developing renewable energy resources and non-polluting industrial chemicals. |
| Program-prevent: | Coordinated international action aimed at both prevention and on-going improvement. |
| Cost of program: | $25 billion annually; growing to $125 billion by the year 2000. |
| Beneficiaries: | Entire world population. |