Over 130 countries have agreed to the Nusa Dua Declaration on the environment, a proclamation that covers the major issues of green economies, biodiversity, and international environmental management. The monumental mandate of the declaration is to underscore the importance of preserving biodiversity and the need to adopt a low-carbon green economy to halt the ill effects of climate change
. The management of electronic waste is another important step to be tackled head-on.

The Global Ministerial Environment Forum, held in Bali, Indonesia on February 24-26, 2010 was a response to the dismal results of the much politicized Copenhagen Climate Summit or the United Nations Climate Conference. Out of the frustrations generated by the Copenhagen summit, the environment ministers from more than 130 countries have returned to find a collective voice.

According to Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the world should be proud of what the latest climate forum achieved, calling it a first test after Copenhagen that showed the system’s capacity to respond. Steiner added that the approved document will serve to better protect the health of humans and the natural environment from electronic waste and the illegal traffic of toxic waste.

At the very least, the forum promotes intergovernmental panel to create a scientific approach to the political community in its attempt to globalize environmental policies. It is a concrete structure that seeks to facilitate an overall and more effective fight against climate change and the dangers facing the environment.

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