Sustainable Development
What is Sustainable Development?
Why Sustainable Development?
History of Sustainable Development.
Goals of Sustainable Development.
Sustainable development recognizes that growth must be both inclusive and environmentally sound to reduce poverty and build shared prosperity for today’s population and to continue to meet the needs of future generations. It is efficient with resources and carefully planned to deliver both immediate and long-term benefits for people, planet, and prosperity.
Why Sustainable Development?
History of Sustainable Development.
Goals of Sustainable Development.
Sustainable Development
Sustainable development recognizes that growth must be both inclusive and environmentally sound to reduce poverty and build shared prosperity for today’s population and to continue to meet the needs of future generations. It is efficient with resources and carefully planned to deliver both immediate and long-term benefits for people, planet, and prosperity.
The three pillars of sustainable development – economic growth, environmental stewardship, and social inclusion – carry across all sectors of development, from cities facing rapid urbanization to agriculture, infrastructure, energy development and use, water availability, and transportation. Cities are embracing low-carbon growth and public transportation. Farmers are picking up the practices of climate-smart agriculture. Countries are recognizing the value of their natural resources, and industries are realizing how much they can save through energy and supply chain efficiency.
Why Sustainable Development?
Over the past two decades, economic growth has lifted more than 660 million people out of poverty and has raised the income levels of millions more, but too often it has come at the expense of the environment and poor communities.
Through a variety of market, policy, and institutional failures, Earth’s natural capital has been used in ways that are economically inefficient and wasteful, without sufficient reckoning of the true costs of resource depletion. The burning of fossil fuels supported rapid growth for decades but set up dangerous consequences, with climate change today threatening to roll back decades of development progress. At the same time, growth patterns have left hundreds of millions of people behind: 1.2 billion still lack access to electricity, 870 million are malnourished, and 780 million are still without access to clean, safe drinking water.
Through a variety of market, policy, and institutional failures, Earth’s natural capital has been used in ways that are economically inefficient and wasteful, without sufficient reckoning of the true costs of resource depletion. The burning of fossil fuels supported rapid growth for decades but set up dangerous consequences, with climate change today threatening to roll back decades of development progress. At the same time, growth patterns have left hundreds of millions of people behind: 1.2 billion still lack access to electricity, 870 million are malnourished, and 780 million are still without access to clean, safe drinking water.
History of Sustainable Development
The concept of sustainable development formed the basis of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The summit marked the first international attempt to draw up action plans and strategies for moving towards a more sustainable pattern of development. It was attended by over 100 Heads of State and representatives from 178 national governments. The Summit was also attended by representatives from a range of other organisations representing civil society. Sustainable development was the solution to the problems of environmental degradation discussed by the Brundtland Commission in the 1987 report Our Common Future.
The remit of the Brundtland Report was to investigate the numerous concerns that had been raised in previous decades, namely, that human activity was having severe and negative impacts on the planet, and that patterns of growth and development would be unsustainable if they continued unchecked. Key works that highlighted this thinking included Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962), Garret Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons (1968), the Blueprint for Survival by the Ecologist magazine (1972) and the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth report (1972).
The concept of sustainable development received its first major international recognition in 1972 at the UN Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm. The term was not referred to explicitly, but nevertheless the international community agreed to the notion - now fundamental to sustainable development - that both development and the environment, hitherto addressed as separate issues, could be managed in a mutually beneficial way.
The term was popularised 15 years later in Our Common Future, the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, which included what is deemed the 'classic' definition of sustainable development: "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".
It was not until the Rio Summit, however, that major world leaders recognised sustainable development as the major challenge it remains today.
More recently, the World Summit on Sustainable Development was held in Johannesburg in 2002, attended by 191 national governments, UN agencies, multilateral financial institutions and other major groups to assess progress since Rio. The Johannesburg Summit delivered three key outcomes: a political declaration, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and a range of partnership initiatives. Key commitments included those on sustainable consumption and production, water and sanitation, and energy.
The remit of the Brundtland Report was to investigate the numerous concerns that had been raised in previous decades, namely, that human activity was having severe and negative impacts on the planet, and that patterns of growth and development would be unsustainable if they continued unchecked. Key works that highlighted this thinking included Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962), Garret Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons (1968), the Blueprint for Survival by the Ecologist magazine (1972) and the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth report (1972).
The concept of sustainable development received its first major international recognition in 1972 at the UN Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm. The term was not referred to explicitly, but nevertheless the international community agreed to the notion - now fundamental to sustainable development - that both development and the environment, hitherto addressed as separate issues, could be managed in a mutually beneficial way.
The term was popularised 15 years later in Our Common Future, the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, which included what is deemed the 'classic' definition of sustainable development: "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".
It was not until the Rio Summit, however, that major world leaders recognised sustainable development as the major challenge it remains today.
More recently, the World Summit on Sustainable Development was held in Johannesburg in 2002, attended by 191 national governments, UN agencies, multilateral financial institutions and other major groups to assess progress since Rio. The Johannesburg Summit delivered three key outcomes: a political declaration, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and a range of partnership initiatives. Key commitments included those on sustainable consumption and production, water and sanitation, and energy.
Goals of Sustainable Development
According to Sustainable development agenda of the United Nations the goals are
1. No Poverty
End poverty in all its forms everywhere .
2. Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture .
3. Good Health and Well being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
4. Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
5. Gender Equiality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10. Reduce Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13. Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
End poverty in all its forms everywhere .
2. Zero Hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture .
3. Good Health and Well being
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
4. Quality Education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
5. Gender Equiality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9. Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10. Reduce Inequalities
Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13. Climate Action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14. Life Below Water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
15. Life on Land
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16. Peace Justice and Strong Institution
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
17. Partnerships for the Coals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
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