CEVAP:

Besides the protection of the environment, environmental justice has been a major issue in world politics. Currently there are 193 sovereign and independent states. They differ from each other in terms of capacity, culture, resource endow ment, and the level of economic and human development. This difference deter mines the level of harm states may inflict on the environment and reveals their vulnerability. For instance, those who suffer the worst impacts of climate change are the ones who have contributed least to the problem. Moreover, despite the increasing number of international environmental treaties, the efficiency of these treaties is highly questionable.