Why are short-term solutions often offered to achieve sustainability? Why must sustainable solutions work in the long term? Why does the current political system inhibit our ability as a community to work on long-term solutions, and how can citizens
change this?
What will be an ideal response?
Policymakers in democracies very often act for short-term good because in order to be reelected, they need to produce immediate, positive results. This has been a major hurdle for addressing environmental dilemmas, since so many are cumulative problems that gradually worsen and can be resolved only in the long term. Often the best long-term solution is not the best short-term solution, a fact that explains why much of what human societies presently do is not sustainable. The costs for addressing environmental problems are often short-term while the benefits are long-term, giving politicians little incentive to tackle the issues. For this reason, pressure on policymakers by groups with heavy citizen involvement is important for issues that involve long-term effects.
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