From the taking of different academic texts through a literary review, different important aspects are contrasted, analyzed and concluded on the projection of decisive decision-making for the environment, where optimal results are wanted for sustainable economic development from a point of view. current view driven by globalization, also wants to address the issue from the point of view of regional alliances to combat the existing relationship between environmental and economic imbalance. In order to provide tools supported from the academic field to be able to transform it and that it be directed towards the path of optimal integration and regional cooperation for the support of an appropriate quality of life, which is driven from the sustainable development objectives described in the 2030 agenda for Latin America and a brief look at Colombia.