The Environment: How to Solve Problems That Don't Respect Borders
Many environmental problems do not respect political or jurisdictional borders. Not only does this frustrate the formulation of technical solutions, it also leads to duplication of effort, overlap and jealousies. 
 
 
 
Australia has attempted to address such jurisdictional problems, as in the case of the Oceans Policy. At a global scale borders are fundamental stumbling-blocks. Disparities in wealth (the North-South divide) will need to be addressed if threats such as global warming are to be met.