Asia should prioritise economic growth for the present, and address the cost of
environmental damage in the future. To what extent do you agree with this statement?
This essay will argue that rather than focusing simply on immediate profits, Asian
countries should be aware of the environment’s long-term effects. This statement will be
supported by a number of arguments and evidence. Firstly, overexploitation of natural
resources can pose a threat to the sustainability of economic growth. Secondly, Asian
countries, mostly depending on agriculture, have to faces enormous issues related to
various sorts of natural disasters as a result of climate change. Thirdly, the
degradation of environment could lead to bad labor performance.
Firstly, there are significant scarcity challenges for natural resources with a potential
impact on economic growth. As the globe gets more crowded, urbanized, and wealthy,
the demand for raw materials, energy, food, and water grow has increased rapidly.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) warns that the current overexploitation of
natural resources is generating an enormous deficit, as 20% more than can be
regenerated is consumed each year and this percentage is growing steadily. However,
According to Mittal and Gupta in2015, most developing countries do not have the