全球氣候變化與永續發展

人類社會的生活環境正進行著一些根本性的變化，並為我們的組織和生活型態帶來前所未有的衝擊，這些人與環境間關係的變化，正是為了因應發生在生活周遭的嚴重問題，例如：臭氧層破壞、全球暖化、森林濫伐、物種滅絕、海岸侵蝕、酸雨、水污染、固體廢棄物處理、有毒氣體排放、溼地保護等環境破壞。

While stimulating the rapid economic and social development of human society, technological innovation has also caused profound changes in the earth’s environment since the beginning of the industrial revolution. Indeed, the environmental impact of human productive activities today threatens to exceed the restorative capacity of the planet on which we live. Ozone depletion, global warming, deforestation, species extinction, acid rain, coastal and near-shore erosion, water pollution, solid waste accumulation, the emission of toxic gases, and wetland destruction--these are but a few of the ways in which rapid economic development is degrading world eco-systems. Coping with such environmental disasters has added a great deal to the cost of production, and achieving a proper balance between environmental protection and sustainable economic and social development has become an urgent concern of virtually every government worldwide.
This paper analyzes the sustainable development of global society from the perspective of environmental change, focusing attention on current trends in national resource utilization, production activity, and international regulation of the environment.