Given the nature of current global environmental problems, possible scenarios of what might happen in the next 5-10 years are:
(Please select all that apply.)
A) A gradual attenuation of global trends in favourable directions for sustainable development
B) A continuation of current trends with increasingly disastrous climatic patterns, resource exhaustion, and global instability
C) Changes in the international context leading to a favourable involvement of key countries who are major GHG generators, but not currently signatories to the Kyoto Agreement, in signing up to this and other sustainable development initiatives
D) Relatively little change from what we are experiencing now, as current trends are not outside the range of observed experience, and the phenomenon of global warming is an unproven possibility

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B) The continuation of current trends without significant intervention could indeed lead to increasingly disastrous climatic patterns, resource exhaustion, and global instability, as suggested by numerous scientific studies and climate models.C) Changes in the international context, such as shifts in political will or public opinion, could lead to more countries, especially major greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, committing to international agreements like the Kyoto Protocol or its successors, thereby potentially improving the global approach to sustainable development.

Given the Nature of Current Global Environmental Problems, Possible Scenarios