... have been reached since the landmark 1972 U.N. Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. This conference created the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which is headquartered in Nairobi and serves as the main focal point for environmental issues within the U.N. system. In the early years of the environmental movement, the environment was treated as something of an add-on concern that could be addressed by the creation of a handful of laws and environmental agencies. More recently, recognition that protecting natural resources and environmental quality is integral to economic health and to national security has grown. At both the national and the international level, an adequate response to the challenge requires integrating environmental considerations throughout social, economic, and foreign policy-making. At the international level, the UN has taken the lead role to improve the global environment. Individual states are ill-equipped to deal with many of the environmental ...

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