Oksanа RADCHENKO1, Petro VORONA2, Oleksandr RADCHENKO3, Oleksandr MOCHKOV4 and Dmytro KADENKO5
1 Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Kyiv, Ukraine
2 National Research Fund of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
3 National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine
4 Political Party «Syla i Chest», Kyiv, Ukraine
5 National Academy of Public Administration attached to the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
The growth of global instability in the natural and ecological dimension and the disruption of the natural balance of life of the noosphere are so great that even the strongest countries in the world cannot cope with them on their own. Therefore, ensuring the environmental security of modern countries is impossible without international activities and joint actions of government agencies, businesses and civil society institutions aimed at preserving the natural environment of mankind – our noosphere.
In methodological terms, the article presents a systematization of the main global challenges and threats to the Earth’s noosphere, which are increasingly coming to the forefront of national security of modern states and environmental security of all mankind. Based on the analysis of such challenges and threats, a number of priority areas of activity of governmental structures of the state to preserve the natural environment of human civilization are considered.
It is emphasized that measures to address global environmental challenges are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals approved by the 2015 United Nations Summit. Some of these goals directly reflect the content and purpose of the environmental function of the state. Thus, 6 of the 17 main goals of sustainable development for Ukraine in one way or another relate to environmental security, environmental protection (Goal 6 – Clean water and sanitation; Goal 7 – affordable and clean energy; Goal 12 – responsible consumption and production; Goal 13 – climate change mitigation; Goal 14 – conservation of marine resources and Goal 15 – protection and restoration of ecosystems land).
It is concluded that the priorities in the activities of environmental security systems of the state should be: focus on the safety of life and health of people as the highest value of the state; ensuring the sustainability of ecosystems (the magnitude of anthropogenic impact should not exceed the maximum allowable loads on the ecosystem); continuous monitoring and integrated assessment of risks and dangers of environmental nature, which allow timely detection and prevention of potentially dangerous trends, imbalance of reproduction of environmental processes, etc.