Global Challenges on Environmental Sustainability: A Reflection on Policies and Applications

Abstract

The study evaluates global environmental sustainability challenges placing emphasis on policy formulation and commitment to policy implementation among stakeholders. It is imperative for public assessment and reporting of progress and commitment towards environmental sustainability. It is believed that measuring progress on sustainable development with reliable information is a key ingredient of the democratic process. It makes governments more accountable and gives people a tool to participate more actively in defining and assessing policy goals. The study using mainly secondary sources and content analysis concludes that, not much seems to have been done; the world leadership is still not ready to live up to expectation given the constant, consistent degeneration and destruction of our planet earth in geometric progression. It has become a collective responsibility for all entities to purposefully strive using all means to attract requisite attention that would compel responsible authorities to live up to expectation.