Journal of Danubian Studies and Research, Vol 8, No 1 (2018)

Abstract

International environmental security is today an extremely urgent issue, the solution to which depends on environmental conservation. The absence of such an environment makes it meaningless to solve all other problems. The author analyzes the problem of negative social externalities that are directly reflected in issues related to environmental security. Traditionally, the problem of externalities in the field of the environment has been combated with the help of economic instruments, forcing the producers of these externalities to pay them in the form of additional taxes. However, practice shows that economic solutions to environmental security are ineffective. The author proposes alternative, non-economic approaches to consolidating and developing the system of institutions for ongoing international negotiations on environmental security and promoting environmental awareness.