environmental issue

Summary

environmental issue ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• environmental issue is a type of human impact on the environment^[2].
• environmental issue is a type of social issue^[3].
• environmental issue's Commons category is recorded as Environmental impact^[4].
• environmental issue comprises climate change^[5].
• environmental issue comprises pollution^[6].
• environmental issue comprises environmental degradation^[7].
• environmental issue comprises resource depletion^[8].
• environmental issue's has cause is recorded as human overpopulation^[9].
• environmental issue's has cause is recorded as human impact on the environment^[10].
• environmental issue's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Environmental issues^[11].
• environmental issue's different from is recorded as environmental process^[12].
• environmental issue's has list is recorded as list of environmental issues^[13].
• environmental issue's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as environmental mitigation^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include human impact on the environment^[2] and social issue^[3].

Use and Application

Components include climate change^[5], a global problem^[15]; pollution^[6], a human impact on the environment^[16]; environmental degradation^[7], a pollution^[17]; and resource depletion^[8].

Why It Matters

environmental issue ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]