Development of Socio-Ecological Systems: Climate, Ecology and General Trends

Abstract

Recent world history has been marked by economic crises, environmental disasters, an increase in intrastate and interstate armed conflicts, as well as a heated confrontation in the field of energy resources. Among these risks, environmental problems such as rising global temperatures, rising sea levels, soil erosion, and shortages of food and minerals have become the most prominent. The safety of mankind and the environment is a value that in the XXI century. has acquired a global character and at the same time has become an urgent problem for the entire international community. Sustainable development, as one of the goals enshrined in the fundamental international legal documents, implies the conservation of the Earth’s natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.