As a new and developing nation, often the government and its people lack the money to immediately begin implementing more sustainable energy, vehicles, etc. All countries go through this phase where they must do whatever is necessary in order to improve themselves and take their place as a modern country of the world. On important step is getting electricity to everyone, and this is not a cheap endeavor. If already modernized countries could then step in and donate money and send experts to help establish green energy solutions from the beginning, then it would create a country that will give back to the world by being sustainable from the start. It will also ensure that other countries see that transitioning to green energy, or getting help from the outside will be rewarding. We will all need to help each other out and work out what the best sustainable energy production methods will be, and how to properly implement them.

I agree, from how almost everyone in life will need help from another to succeed, and same goes with helping a country become sustainable. This passage paints that picture perfectly by giving a description of how a country will first become "modern", and then talking about how countries that have already become "modern" can help others to do so as well. I would suggest showing real world examples to help the audience understand, but overall I think the passage was great.

I agree that if we are ever going to tackle our worldwide environmental problems, that every single country regardless of size or wealth will have to be on board. That will not be possible without the help of more developed countries, so if we want to save the world I agree that we will all have to band together to lend a helping hand to the nations that need it.

I completely agree that change needs to be made on a global scale, if we want to make significant progress in cleaning our planet. I hadn't thought to much before about how we can overall help each other, but your ideas about developed countries helping developing countries is a great idea. If we can reduce the footprint of developing nations from the start, our world would be much more sustainable.

I completely agree.  It's both an ethical and a practical imperative for wealthier countries to literally pay poorer countries to develop sustainably. If we are serious that we want to end global poverty (and every major country signed the Millenium Development Goals to that effect), then we need to ensue that as poorer countries economies expand that they do so without worsening the climate.  It's too much to ask these countries to do so on their own. 

The same goes for prservation of wild habitats.  A country like Madagascar which is a biodiversity marvel is also one of the poorest countries on the planet.  We need to pay them to maintain their wild lands, and engage with them to battle political corruption. Doing so throughout the tropics will also preserve the lungs of the planet.

These are all part of one solution - they are not separate goals.