Climate change, biodiversity loss, air pollution, deforestation, soil degradation and overpopulation pose modern global environmental problems and simultaneously a global threat to planet Earth. Ecological problems, mostly caused by anthropogenic causes, are closely related to other global world problems and affect each other. Today, the relationship between man and the environment is based on anthropocentrism and the destruction of natural benefits to increase one’s wealth. People are not only part of global environmental problems, but they are also its main cause. But one of the major problems is insufficient awareness of the severity of these problems. Differences between rich and poor countries are increasingly coming to the fore, resulting in increasing negative environmental impacts. Leaders of rich and poor countries share different perspectives on the nature of environmental problems and often disagree on the dangers that could arise from environmental disasters. Illiteracy, poverty, conflict and hunger limit perceptions of environmental problems in poor countries, while in rich countries decisions are made that affect the public, without responsibility to people and the environment, and favour an industry that does not respect environmental standards. International environmental conferences manage to control and manage environmental problems in a certain way, but not enough. The biggest reason is that environmental treaties apply only to those states that agree with them. Furthermore, each country has different views on the attention that global environmental problems must receive in relation to local economic and social problems, and ultimately there is no international authority that has the ability to implement the agreement, but compliance with the provisions of the treaty depends only on the goodwill of the states regulated by treaties. Some countries successfully manage global problems, others contribute to their growth, and some are passive and do not act in any sense. But the fact is that any region, state, even individual can influence the reduction of environmental problems.