What's more, the US is not alone among industrialized nations in its reluctance to act on climate control policy. The shame of the situation is that in order to guarantee ecological survival, consumption and production must be sustainable. Furthermore, in order to induce world peace, socioeconomic systems must develop successfully. By acting as part of a dynamic global partnership, and by offering ecologically friendly technology necessitated by economic development, the industrialized nations could achieve some very desirable environmental objectives. In the end, the United States is missing its opportunity to prevent future environmental catastrophes and to ensure a stable world order.
Future generations have the right to healthy ecosystems and sound economies.
Unfortunately, we are too greedy, too shortsighted, and too self-centered to provide them with a fit world in which to live. By not rising to the challenge of global action, we miss the opportunity to direct our energy at attaining a global culture of solidarity and a just social order. In the end, our potential problems will be the future generation's dilemmas.