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This document discusses the history and key concepts of sustainable development. It began being discussed in the 1970s and was further developed through agreements like the 1987 Brundtland Commission report which defined sustainable development as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The three pillars of sustainability are described as the environmental, economic, and social dimensions that must be balanced. Major UN conferences on environment and development helped establish principles of sustainability. Individual involvement is important to advocate for policies protecting future opportunities and a healthy planet.

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Sustainable Development

This document discusses the history and key concepts of sustainable development. It began being discussed in the 1970s and was further developed through agreements like the 1987 Brundtland Commission report which defined sustainable development as "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The three pillars of sustainability are described as the environmental, economic, and social dimensions that must be balanced. Major UN conferences on environment and development helped establish principles of sustainability. Individual involvement is important to advocate for policies protecting future opportunities and a healthy planet.

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Sustainable Development

Karan Dev Jamwal


History of concept
◻ As early as the 1970s, "sustainability" was employed to describe
an economy "in equilibrium with basic ecological support
systems"
◻ Stockholm declaration marked a watershed in international
relations as it placed the issue of environment protection on
official agenda of international law and policy.
◻ Environment protection and development two sides of the same
coin.
◻ World conservation strategy in 1980. (UNEP +WWF)
◻ Bruntland Commission
Bruntland Commision
◻ UN established The Bruntland
Commision in 1983.
◻ BC released “Our Common
Future”/Bruntland Report, in
October 1987, which coined and
defined the meaning of the term
SD.
◻ “needs and limitations “
Brundtland Report
◻ Sustainable development is development that
meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs.
◻ Described sustainability as a three-legged stool with
social, environment and economy taking equal
importance in the equation.
◻ It has been successful in forming international ties
between governments and multinational
corporations.
United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development-1992

◻ Summit resulted in following


documents :
Agenda 21
Rio Declaration on
Environment and
Development
Forest Principles
World Summit on Sustainable Development

◻ Earth Summit 2002/Rio+10


◻ Johannesburg, South Africa
◻ growth with minimal damage
to environment
◻ Objectives
poverty reduction
clean energy
sustainable development
❑ Johannesburg Declaration
-threats to sustainable development
Three Pillars of Sustainability
Economic Dimension

◻ opportunities for growth


◻ increased GDP and benefits
◻ system stability and security
◻ Green jobs and eradication of
unemployment
◻ Prevention of practices
which misuse resources
◻ Regulation of
over-exploitation and
harmful externalities
Social Dimension

◻ Participation and inclusion


of everyone
◻ Eradication of poverty and
exclusion
◻ Food security
◻ Equitable distribution of
resources ..
.
◻ Better life chances and .
opportunities
◻ Protection from diseases etc.
Environmental dimension

◻ Protection of ecosystems and


biosphere
◻ increased quality of air, land,
water
◻ better management of waste and
pollution
◻ respect and protection for all
species - flora, fauna, marine
species
◻ measures to ensure resource
sustainability and harmony
◻ Protection of marine resources
ddd.
..
Three Pillars of Sustainability
What is my role in sustainable development
(SD)?

◻ Sustainable development requires the active involvement of


all stakeholders: governments, NGOs, private sector but also
civil society. It is not just politicians, or policy makers, who
decide what SD should be like. The most important
stakeholder in SD is YOU!
◻ You have to remind policy-makers to make decisions which
protect your future: you can remind them that you want
better jobs, cleaner cities, more equitable resource
distribution, and above all, a guarantee that your future is
secure, full of opportunities, a pleasant world to live in
and a healthy planet.
Salient features
◻ Inter-Generational Equity.
◻ Use & conservation of natural resources
◻ Environmental Protection
◻ Eradication of Poverty
◻ Obligation to assist and cooperate
◻ Assistance to developing counties
◻ Precautionary principle
◻ Polluter pays principle
Precautionary Principle
◻ tool for making better
environmental
decisions
◻ “better safe than sorry”
◻ denotes a duty to
prevent harm.
◻ Cartagena Protocol on
Bio-safety, 2000
Polluter Pays Principle
◻ imposes liability on a
person who pollutes
the environment.
◻ “you make a mess you
clean it up”
◻ SC
◻ Limitations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

◻ Universal call to end


poverty, protect the
planet and ensure peace
and prosperity for all.
◻ Collection of 17 global
goals (169 targets).
◻ 2015-2030
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Thank you
“There are enough resources for everyone’s
need but not for anybody’s greed” Mahatma
Gandhi

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