Motives for Leaders of the World’s Developing nations appear to be less enthused about Global Environmental Governance

The wealthy nations’ strong commitment to environmental protection is seen with skepticism by the poorer emerging nations. According to the Club of Rome’s study “Limits to Growth,” they view the effort in that direction as an excuse to reduce the amount of development aid provided to them and an attempt to stop them from industrializing to the same extent as the affluent nations have already done. a justification for wealthy people in developed countries to maintain their high standards of living while simultaneously forcing the underprivileged to forgo growth in order to save the environment. For their population, economic growth takes precedence over environmental protection. Poor countries appear to be willing to pay a premium in air and water pollution in order to industrialize and produce enough food to feed their populations. Developing nations are forced to exploit more of their forests and natural resources in order to import the necessities (health, education, technology, food, etc.) that their people need due to their huge foreign debt burdens, limited markets for their products, and deteriorating terms of trade. The poorer nations can only commit a small portion of their limited resources and low levels of technology to environmental preservation. Developing nations are forced to exploit more of their forests and natural resources in order to import the necessities (health, education, technology, food, etc.) that their people need due to their huge foreign debt burdens, limited markets for their products, and deteriorating terms of trade. Because of their underdeveloped economies and rapidly expanding populations, these nations must continue to exploit their natural resources, which has led to a deepening of environmental degradation. Logging, mining, large ranch farms, and other environmental destruction projects are frequently conducted out by corporations with financial support from the wealthy, industrialized nations of the world.