Introduction
Environmental problems create heavy burdens in all communities around the world. From the arid and semi-arid countries in Africa like Namibia to low-lying countries like Bangladesh, to northern hemisphere countries all have felt the weight of environmental degradation in one way or the other. Over the last twenty-five years, sea levels have risen, deforestation has been witnessed everywhere, earth’s temperature has been increasing at an alarming rate, and rivers have dried up. Despite governments and organizations teaming up and trying to conserve forests and prevent the destruction of the climate system, their efforts have failed terribly (Lesser 2013, p. 32). Even after trying for that long, we are not yet environmentally sustainable. The question that needs to be answered is why the environment has continued to go downfall despite there being plans and agendas by organizations and the government to protect the environment from pollution and destruction. Why has the world environment not yet sustainable despite all what has been done? The fact is that world policies have failed on their part across every continent (Cheng and Lai 2012 p. 241). The purpose of this essay is to discuss how actions taken by the governments and organizations have mostly been unsuccessful in protecting the environment.