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Global Environmental Policy
- Back to the Basics -
What do we do with Sustainable Development
What is Sustainable Development?
There are over 100 definitions of sustainability and sustainable development, but the best known, of course, is that of the World Commission on Environment and Development: This suggests that development is sustainable where it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
What is Sustainable Development?
Sustainable development implies
economic growth
and
social equity,
together with the protection of
environmental quality
, each reinforcing the other.
The essence of this form of development is a stable relationship between human activities and the natural world, which does not diminish the prospects for future generations to enjoy a quality of life at least as good as our own.
What is Sustainable Development?
The term refers to achieving economic and social development in ways that do not exhaust a country's natural resources.
“Sustainable Development is ... a process of change in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development, and institutional change are made consistent with the future as well as present needs".
What is Sustainable Development?
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sustainable development respects the limited capacity of an ecosystem to absorb the impact of human activities.
What is Sustainable Development?
SD is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Some people also believe that the concept of sustainable development should include preserving the environment for other species as well as for humans.
What is Sustainable Development?
Lets have a look at an online feature:
Sustained Voices
http://www.gdrc.org/sustdev/voices.html
What is Sustainable Development?
The key message of sustainability, ultimately, is about
balance
in the way we live …
What is Sustainable Development?
Needs of present generation
Balance
Needs of future generations According to the United Nations, sustainable development is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
What is Sustainable Development?
Socio Cultural issues
Balance
Economic issues Environmental issues
What is Sustainable Development?
Improvement of lifestyles and well-being
Balance
Preserving natural resources and ecosystems Sustainable development is maintaining a
delicate balance
between the human need to
improve lifestyles
and feeling of well-being on one hand, and
preserving natural resources
and ecosystems, on which we and future generations depend.
Sustainable Development Issues
* Agriculture * Atmosphere * Biodiversity * Biotechnology * Capacity-building * Climate Change * Consumption and Production Patterns * Demographics * Desertification and Drought * Disaster Reduction and Management * Education and Awareness * Energy * Finance * Forests * Fresh Water * Health * Human Settlements * Indicators * Industry * Information for Decision Making and Participation * Integrated Decision Making * International Law * International Cooperation for Enabling Environment * Institutional Arrangements * Land management * Major Groups * Mountains * National Sustainable Development Strategies * Oceans and Seas * Poverty * Sanitation * Science * SIDS * Sustainable tourism * Technology * Toxic Chemicals * Trade and Environment * Transport * Waste (Hazardous) * Waste (Radioactive) * Waste (Solid) * Water
Key Milestones of SD
1962 - Rachel Carson and "Silent Spring" 1972 - Rene Dubos and Barbara Ward write "Only One Earth" 1972 - United Nations Conference on Human Environment held in Stockholm 1972 - Club of Rome publishes "Limits to Growth" 1980 - World Conservation Strategy released by IUCN 1987 - UN-sponsored Brundtland Commission released "Our Common Future" 1992 - Rio Summit and Agenda 21 2002 - Johannesburg Summit and Action 21 - Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
Sustainable Development Issues
Sustainable Development Timeline
http://www.iisd.org/rio+5/timeline/sdtimeline.htm
The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #1: PARTICIPATION
Dialogue Participation also includes such issues as solidarity, involvement, value-adding etc.
Cooperation Communication
The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #2: DECISION-MAKING
Consensus Building Decision-making also includes such issues as ownership, visioning, flexibility, empowerment, informed consent, community choice etc.
Public Review and Hearings Awareness Building
The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #3: PARTNERSHIP
Interdependence Partnership also includes such issues as credibility, trust, equality etc.
Clustering Networking
The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #4: GOVERNANCE
Transparency Governance also includes such issues as empowerment, impartiality, adaptation, responsiveness, representativeness, information disclosure etc.
Efficiency Accountability
The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #5: KNOWLEDGE & INFO
Appropriateness Knowledge and Information also includes such issues as learning, formatting and packaging information, targeting, delivery mechanisms, information sharing, technologies (ICTs) etc.
Timeliness Accessibility
The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #6: CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT
Monitoring and Evaluation Continual Improvement also includes such issues as capacity building, indicators etc.
Feedback Needs Assessment
The 7 Triads of Sustainability Triad #7: LIFESTYLES
Behaviour Lifestyles also includes such issues as quality of life, respect, dignity, self esteem etc.
Values Ethics
Millennium Development Goals
The eight
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
– which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – form a
blueprint
agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
MDGs to SDGs
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
(2005-2015)
Status: coming to an end in 2015. Partial success – many problems remain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
(2015-2025)
Status: Starting next year – a draft set of new goals have been decided.
http://goo.gl/pu5Yo5
List of Proposed SDGs
to be attained by 2030
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End poverty in all its forms everywhere End hunger, achieve food security and adequate nutrition for all, and promote sustainable agriculture Attain healthy life for all at all ages Provide equitable and inclusive quality education and life-long learning opportunities for all Attain gender equality, empower women and girls everywhere Secure water and sanitation for all for a sustainable world 7.
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Ensure access to affordable, sustainable, and reliable modern energy services for all Promote strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and decent work for all 9.
Promote sustainable industrialization 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries 11. Build inclusive, safe and sustainable cities and human settlements 12. Promote sustainable consumption and production patterns 13. Promote actions at all levels to address climate change 14. Attain conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, oceans and seas 15. Protect and restore terrestrial ecosystems and halt all biodiversity loss 16. Achieve peaceful and inclusive societies, rule of law, effective and capable institutions 17. Strengthen and enhance the means of implementation and global partnership for sustainable development
Sustainability … its everywhere So … sustainable development is at the core of all the three modules of the matrix