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steer the global society towards sustainable
development. The future of humanity depends on
the wisdom of decision makers, acceptance of
scientific facts and the ability of long-term
planning.
For the time being, not many signs show that
the majority of political leaders would be able to
think in long-term and decide accordingly. The
ratification of the Sustainable Development
Goals of UN seemingly contradicts this.
Experience, however, shows that even the
Millennium Development Goals were not implemented completely. Furthermore, despite the climate change convention and its Kyoto Report
and the Paris agreement the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere increases steadily. It seems
that agreement in theory to implement important
goals is easier than making them happen in practice. Even if politicians recognise long-term risks
the majority of the decisions are about short-term
future, just like most people are concerned only
the present and tomorrow with little interest in
the day after tomorrow. Unfortunately, the election mechanisms of democratic systems (election
for 4–5 years) also support this short-term thinking. Yet, this attitude will not help the implementation of the primary aim of sustainable
development: favourable environmental conditions for future generations and a more balanced
and humane society than today. We can only trust
in the coming generations: maybe more than
many of them will be able to recognise and
understand the necessity of transforming the
global society and they will make new decision
makers who will be brave enough to think longterm and to make the right decisions, and also to
control the implementation of such right decisions even in distant times.
7 Conclusions: Towards an Environmental Friendly Humane Society