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the culture in individual countries. A political culture supporting environmental sustainability will mark a great step forward. Public administrators responsible for implementing policies on sustainability must have sufficient knowledge about the complex problems they will face. Sustainability requires international cooperation because global temperatures are affected by all the countries of the world, even though larger countries are the main producers of greenhouse gases. Public administrators need to have the knowledge of the situation in the world and the major agreements entered by the world community. The implementation of the key provision of the agreements depends upon the ability and the commitment of the public administrators. Agencies in both the developing and the developed world need to recruit people who have expertise in sustainability. The recruitment of people with a background in sustainability is difficult because many countries lack the educational curriculum on sustainability. The lack of experienced people is a more pressing issue in developing countries than it is in the developed world. Accordingly, the government has a responsibility to provide for the educational institutions to develop a curriculum on sustainability. The public agencies can develop training programs to develop the skills to deal with the immediate needs of sustainability.
Cooperation Between the Public and Private Sectors Industrialization, economic, and domestic activities cause environmental degradation. The major players in industrialization and other economic activities are the private sectors. As a result, the public sectors need to regulate the actions of the private sectors. At the same time, the public sectors need to cooperate with the private sectors to develop sustainable industries and businesses. The private sectors are instrumental in innovative technology, which is environment- friendly. The government has the responsibility to promote and motivate the private sector to develop the sustainable technology. Klijn and Koppenjan (2000) proposed the incentives for performance in sustainability and advocated for environmental and social regulations to supplement economic regulations. The government can consider providing incentives to the private entrepreneurs to invest in sustainable products. Each country can determine the nature of incentives to the private sectors and then can take appropriate measures. Geczi (2007) emphasized the construction of coalitions between public, civic and private groups in the visioning of sustainable development. Geczi (2007)
