Environmental problem as the component of irrational functioning of the global economy

Abstract

One of the main factors that affect the preservation and development of society is a clean living environment on the planet. However, in the process of inefficient functioning of the global economy one of the first items in the list of global problems is environmental issue. Conflicts concerning this matter took place even in the beginning of civilization, but today this range of problems is quite essential and urgent. Exploring the environmental problem in the global economy should take into account all the peculiarities of society at contemporary stage of development, the regularity of biospheric processes and their impact on the development of industrial activity, pressure on the environment [1].