Sustainability in the Developing World: An Investigation on How Emerging Economies Are Performing

With worldwide efforts directed towards creating sustainable societies, how is the developing world coping with this trend? Often times we see groundbreaking innovations that contribute towards sustainable practices come from the developed world. However, we almost never see such technologies come from developing countries. How far behind in sustainability are such societies? To answer, an investigation examining the indicators of sustainable development is needed. Access to clean water sources, access to proper sanitation facilities, access to energy, emissions, and more are among some of those indicators. The purpose of this research is to raise awareness to the fact that at the end of the day we share the planet. If a small percentage of the world prides itself in achieving sustainability, how good is it if the majority of the countries are causing the depletion of the world’s natural capital, contributing in desertification, and more importantly accelerating climate change.