On Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development is all the rage these days but what is it? The most common definition is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This definition was first published in the Brundtland Commission's report Our Common Future in 1987. This report prompted the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Rio Summit delegates adopted an action plan for the pursuit of sustainable development: Agenda 21. In 2002, in Johannesburg, the world's progress was assessed during the World Summit on Sustainable Development: Rio+10.
Read more: Rio Cluster on UN proceedings, UN Commission on Sustainable Development, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Report of the UN Conference on Environment and Development
Sustainable Development is all the rage these days but what is it? The most common definition is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This definition was first published in the Brundtland Commission's report Our Common Future in 1987. This report prompted the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Rio Summit delegates adopted an action plan for the pursuit of sustainable development: Agenda 21. In 2002, in Johannesburg, the world's progress was assessed during the World Summit on Sustainable Development: Rio+10.
Read more: Rio Cluster on UN proceedings, UN Commission on Sustainable Development, Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Report of the UN Conference on Environment and Development
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