Environmental externalities deriving from small businesses public policies implementation at local level in the state of Alagoas, Brazil

The accelerating global trend for green and sustainable initiatives is trying to foster changes from each country, through global agreements such as the Paris Agreement. Indeed, even though all countries haven't had the same footprint on the climate crisis since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the system which is in crisis depends on everyone as much. Furthermore, as the IPPC keeps updating us about, the environmental crisis and its consequences are somehow exponential, rushing us to start (re)building a path which will make a future possible. However, in these attempts from the “Northern” countries to hold the hand of developing countries in their path towards a transition, the often dramatic social climate doesn’t allow public powers to participate into binding agreements. Indeed, in countries without proper sanitation systems and unable to provide enough drinking water to its population, plastic bottle pollution comes second on the list of priorities. Nonetheless, with the accumulation of scientific prevision displaying the evidence that social issues and ecological issues are related, growing concerns to change the faith of the planet have been raised. Having in mind that the causes of tomorrow's social crisis, like climate refugees, are rooted in today’s environmental problems, global cooperation appears as a necessity in the political agenda. Indeed, planning ecologically virtuous paths, sustainably viable in not harming or degrading the environment, end up being the only alternative to alleviate upcoming socio-economic stakes. However, while working towards this more sustainable model of society, the current social concerns have to be tackled, as they are present in every single territory. Indeed, even developed and stable economies encounter social crises. In the framework of a global network stratified by socio-economic issues, previous colonial empires need to work hand in hand with their past colonies. As humans perceive it while being in contact with other generations, the oldest powers have a lot to learn from emerging economies, traditional communities and marginalised populations. Furthermore, with climate change in each part of the world, some territories already encounter situations in which they need to adapt to their new environment, getting inspired by populations facing those contexts for decades. The adaptive and resilient strategies Bangladesh have been elaborating to face current and future climate change impacts place it as a key example for both developed and developing countries (Thomson, 2019). Coastal countries such as France or Italy will face similar issues in the upcoming years, thus investing now in adaptation strategies and exchanging knowledge and competences is crucial.