An Analysis Of The Brundtland Commission S Our Common Future
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An Analysis Of The Brundtland Commission S Our Common Future
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Author : Ksenia Gerasimova
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2017-07-05
An Analysis Of The Brundtland Commission S Our Common Future written by Ksenia Gerasimova and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
Our Common Future is a joint work produced in 1987 by a United Nations commission headed by former Norwegian Prime Minister, Gro Brundtland. Also known as The Brundtland Report, it offers a classic approach to problem solving by first asking a productive question. How do we protect the world we live in for future generations, while at the same time stimulating economic and social development right now? The solution the work proposes is “sustainable development”, defined in the report as humanity’s ability “to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The key conclusion the report came to – that we need long-term strategies to manage the earth’s natural resources – proved to be so universally welcomed it introduced the term “sustainability” into the everyday language of international politics. Solving the problem of workable sustainable development became a hot topic, leading to the birth of a new academic discipline, environmental economics. The book offered a solution to the problem of ensuring sustainable development by highlighting the critical importance of international cooperation.
Our Common Future
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Author : Ksenia Gerasimova
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Our Common Future written by Ksenia Gerasimova and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Social Science categories.
Our Common Future is a joint work produced in 1987 by a United Nations commission headed by former Norwegian Prime Minister, Gro Brundtland. Also known as The Brundtland Report, it offers a classic approach to problem solving by first asking a productive question. How do we protect the world we live in for future generations, while at the same time stimulating economic and social development right now? The solution the work proposes is “sustainable development”, defined in the report as humanity’s ability “to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” The key conclusion the report came to – that we need long-term strategies to manage the earth’s natural resources – proved to be so universally welcomed it introduced the term “sustainability” into the everyday language of international politics. Solving the problem of workable sustainable development became a hot topic, leading to the birth of a new academic discipline, environmental economics. The book offered a solution to the problem of ensuring sustainable development by highlighting the critical importance of international cooperation.
Defining Sustainable Development For Our Common Future
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Author : Iris Borowy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-12-04
Defining Sustainable Development For Our Common Future written by Iris Borowy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-04 with Political Science categories.
The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. Written by an international group of politicians, civil servants and experts on the environment and development, the Brundtland Report changed sustainable development from a physical notion to one based on social, economic and environmental issues. This book positions the Brundtland Commission as a key event within a longer series of international reactions to pressing problems of global poverty and environmental degradation. It shows that its report, "Our Common Future", published in 1987, covered much more than its definition of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" for which it became best known. It also addressed a long list of issues which remain unresolved today. The book explores how the work of the Commission juggled contradictory expectations and world views, which existed within the Commission and beyond, and drew on the concept of sustainable development as a way to reconcile profound differences. The result was both an immense success and disappointment. Coining an irresistibly simple definition enabled the Brundtland Commission to place sustainability firmly on the international agenda. This definition gained acceptability for a potentially divisive concept, but it also diverted attention from underlying demands for fundamental political and social changes. Meanwhile, the central message of the Commission – the need to make inconvenient sustainability considerations a part of global politics as much as of everyday life – has been side-lined. The book thus assesses to what extent the Brundtland Commission represented an immense step forward or a missed opportunity.
Our Common Future
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Our Common Future written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Australia categories.
Our Common Future
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Author : World Commission on Environment and Development
language : en
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1987
Our Common Future written by World Commission on Environment and Development and has been published by Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Conservation of natural resources categories.
The Commission was created by the UN in 1983 to formulate new proposals to deal with the important issues of environmental development facing the world. The Commission's findings are presented in this book.
What Next For Sustainable Development
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Author : James Meadowcroft
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2019
What Next For Sustainable Development written by James Meadowcroft and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Political Science categories.
This book examines the international experience with sustainable development since the concept was brought to world-wide attention in Our Common Future, the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. Scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds engage with three critical themes: negotiating environmental limits; equity, environment and development; and transitions and transformations. In light of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals recently adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, they ask what lies ahead for sustainable development.
Our Common Journey
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1999-12-09
Our Common Journey written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-09 with Social Science categories.
World human population is expected to reach upwards of 9 billion by 2050 and then level off over the next half-century. How can the transition to a stabilizing population also be a transition to sustainability? How can science and technology help to ensure that human needs are met while the planet's environment is nurtured and restored? Our Common Journey examines these momentous questions to draw strategic connections between scientific research, technological development, and societies' efforts to achieve environmentally sustainable improvements in human well being. The book argues that societies should approach sustainable development not as a destination but as an ongoing, adaptive learning process. Speaking to the next two generations, it proposes a strategy for using scientific and technical knowledge to better inform future action in the areas of fertility reduction, urban systems, agricultural production, energy and materials use, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation, and suggests an approach for building a new research agenda for sustainability science. Our Common Journey documents large-scale historical currents of social and environmental change and reviews methods for "what if" analysis of possible future development pathways and their implications for sustainability. The book also identifies the greatest threats to sustainabilityâ€"in areas such as human settlements, agriculture, industry, and energyâ€"and explores the most promising opportunities for circumventing or mitigating these threats. It goes on to discuss what indicators of change, from children's birth-weights to atmosphere chemistry, will be most useful in monitoring a transition to sustainability.
Safeguarding Our Common Future
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Author : Ingrid Leman Stefanovic
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2000-08-31
Safeguarding Our Common Future written by Ingrid Leman Stefanovic and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-31 with Philosophy categories.
Utilizes Heidegger in rethinking common environmental paradigms.
Canada And Sustainable Development
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Author : Canadian Environmental Advisory Council
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Canada And Sustainable Development written by Canadian Environmental Advisory Council and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Canada categories.
Background document to support discussion of the Commission's report at the General Assembly of the United Nations in October 1987. Coverage includes: basic concepts of environment and development; the foundations of environmental policy; institutional responsibilities and environmental accountability; public attitudes and environmental issues; global imperatives; and roles and actions of Canadians. Also included is a paper by David Brooks on re-creating Environment Canada, and one by T. Schrecker as a response to Brundtland.
Towards Sustainable Development
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Author : Oluf Langhelle
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1999-05-17
Towards Sustainable Development written by Oluf Langhelle and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-17 with Business & Economics categories.
The book brings together twelve original essays on the meaning and implications of sustainable development. The collection assesses the theoretical debate over the concept of sustainable development, and looks at the unique experiment in applying this practically which has taken place in Norway to discover how the concept can illuminate practical policy across a wide range of fields. Topics covered include sustainable development as a global ethics; the concept of need; global and generational equity; the limits of nature; implications for economics; and the role of technology. The editors outline the logic of the approach and draw together the implications of the individual studies for a more focused and consistent application of the concept.