THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICAL DECISIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Throughout its existence and in the process of passing all the new stages of development, man has increased the scale of its impact on nature. Today they have reached the critical level at which nature loses its ability to self-healing. Awareness of the rapid depletion of minerals, the progressive degradation of other types of natural resources due to human economic activity, the threat of global environmental crisis is the basis for the practical implementation of the concept of sustainable development in different countries. At the present stage, the imbalance between political, social, technological, economic, environmental development necessitates the transition to a model of sustainable development for Ukraine. One of the most influential factors of sustainable development both at the state level and within individual territorial associations is the effective partnership of state and local authorities with the private sector and the population. And political decisions play the most important role in the effectiveness of this partnership.The main purpose of the article is to study the problematic issues of sustainable development in the context of their dependence on relevant policy decisions.The article substantiates that the transition to sustainable development should provide a balanced solution to the problems of socio-economic development and conservation of natural resource potential.The concept of human domination over nature and consumer attitude to it has already completely discredited itself. At the same time, sustainable development contributes to the prosperity and expansion of economic opportunities, improving the well-being and protection of the environment, meeting the modern needs of mankind, and protecting its interests in the future and offers the best way to improve people's lives around the world. However, without appropriate policy decisions aimed at careful management of natural resources, ensuring balanced and non-waste production, the formation of adequate to the current state of social forms of thinking and norms of behavior, as well as without working out appropriate state mechanisms, Ukraine will not be able to implement the concept of sustainable development, which, against the background of unresolved socio-economic problems, can lead to a deep crisis.