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Environmental Neglect: Why this matters

Environmental issues don’t explode suddenly, they build quietly.
When leaders ignore early warning signs, problems like pollution, deforestation, water scarcity, and climate change reach a point where solutions become extremely expensive or even impossible.
Environmental neglect harms ecosystems, public health, economies, and human rights, especially for vulnerable communities.

Analogy

Environmental decline is like a slow-moving avalanche: the danger is gathering even when it looks stable on the surface.

Exam technique

Always link environmental decline to both environmental and human consequences.

What Happens When Environmental Issues Are Ignored?

1. Pollution builds until natural systems collapse

Pollution becomes dangerous when governments fail to regulate or monitor industries, allowing chemicals, waste, and toxins to accumulate.
Pollution isn’t just an “environmental” problem: it damages health, jobs, and entire regions.

Example

Aral Sea:
- Soviet leaders diverted two major rivers to irrigate cotton fields despite scientific warnings.
- With little water left, the sea shrank by over 90%.
- Fish died from rising salinity → fishing economy collapsed.
- Toxic dust storms spread pesticides and salt → spikes in cancer, lung disease, and birth defects.
- Local climate became harsher → farming suffered.

Exam technique

Mention environmental + economic + health impacts for full marks.

2. Climate change accelerates when action is delayed

Governments often delay climate policies because they seem costly or unpopular
But delay allows greenhouse gases to accumulate to dangerous levels.

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MYP History Environmental Neglect Notes

Environmental Neglect: Why this matters

What Happens When Environmental Issues Are Ignored?

1. Pollution builds until natural systems collapse

2. Climate change accelerates when action is delayed

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Environmental Neglect: Why this matters

What Happens When Environmental Issues Are Ignored?

1. Pollution builds until natural systems collapse

2. Climate change accelerates when action is delayed

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The Industrial Revolution5 subtopics

Innovation and Social Change4 subtopics

Trade and Global Exchange4 subtopics

Everyday Life in the Modern Era4 subtopics

Health and Medical Developments4 subtopics

Social and Cultural Movements4 subtopics

Ideas and Ideologies4 subtopics

War, Conflict and Peacemaking4 subtopics

Empires and Supranational Organizations4 subtopics

Nationalist Movements4 subtopics

Civil Rights and Social Protest4 subtopics

Individual Agency in History4 subtopics

Consequences of Inaction4 subtopics

MYP History Environmental Neglect Notes

The Industrial Revolution5 subtopics

Innovation and Social Change4 subtopics

Trade and Global Exchange4 subtopics

Everyday Life in the Modern Era4 subtopics

Health and Medical Developments4 subtopics

Social and Cultural Movements4 subtopics

Ideas and Ideologies4 subtopics

War, Conflict and Peacemaking4 subtopics

Empires and Supranational Organizations4 subtopics

Nationalist Movements4 subtopics

Civil Rights and Social Protest4 subtopics

Individual Agency in History4 subtopics

Consequences of Inaction4 subtopics

Environmental Neglect: Why this matters

What Happens When Environmental Issues Are Ignored?

1. Pollution builds until natural systems collapse

2. Climate change accelerates when action is delayed

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Environmental Neglect: Why this matters

What Happens When Environmental Issues Are Ignored?

1. Pollution builds until natural systems collapse

2. Climate change accelerates when action is delayed

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