Creating Our Common Future
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Creating Our Common Future
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Author : Unesco
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2001-04
Creating Our Common Future written by Unesco and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04 with Education categories.
"The overarching theme of this book is that if education is to avoid the risk of condemning itself to irrelevance, it must contribute to ... the achievement of unity while retaining, respecting, valuing and and encouraging diversity." So states Campbell (emeritus, U. of Queensland) in his introduction to nine essays on educating for a sustainable future. Published jointly with UNESCO as part of a World Education Fellowship project. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
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.
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.
Creating Our Common Future
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Author : William John Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2001-04
Creating Our Common Future written by William John Campbell and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-04 with Education categories.
"The overarching theme of this book is that if education is to avoid the risk of condemning itself to irrelevance, it must contribute to ... the achievement of unity while retaining, respecting, valuing and and encouraging diversity." So states Campbell (emeritus, U. of Queensland) in his introduction to nine essays on educating for a sustainable future. Published jointly with UNESCO as part of a World Education Fellowship project. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Our Common Future
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Author : Don Hinrichsen
language : en
Publisher: Earthscan
Release Date : 1987
Our Common Future written by Don Hinrichsen and has been published by Earthscan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Business & Economics categories.
A FAO report on agriculture and environment in the future
Report Of The World Commission On Environment And Development
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Report Of The World Commission On Environment And Development written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Economic development categories.
Creating A Common Future
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Author : Lester Pearson Institute for International Development
language : en
Publisher: Halifax, N.S. : Lester Pearson Institue for International Development, Dalhousie University
Release Date : 1992
Creating A Common Future written by Lester Pearson Institute for International Development and has been published by Halifax, N.S. : Lester Pearson Institue for International Development, Dalhousie University this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Economic development categories.
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.
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.
Cents And Sustainability
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Author : Michael H. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-23
Cents And Sustainability written by Michael H. Smith and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-23 with Business & Economics categories.
Cents and Sustainability is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Gro Brundtland in Our Common Future to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'. The Brundtland Report argued that not only was it achievable, but that it was an urgent imperative in order to achieve a transition to sustainable development while significantly reducing poverty and driving 'clean and green' investment. With some still arguing for significantly slowing economic growth in order to reduce pressures on the environment, this new book, Cents and Sustainability, shows that it is possible to reconcile the need for economic growth and environmental sustainability through a strategy to decouple economic growth from environmental pressures, combined with a renewed commitment to achieve significant environmental restoration and poverty reduction. Beginning with a brief overview of some of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, the book then explains 'decoupling theory', overviews a number of factors that can undermine and even block efforts to decouple in both developed and developing countries, and then discusses a number of key considerations to assist the development of national 'decoupling strategies'. The book then focuses on presenting evidence to support greater action, not just on climate change, but also on decoupling economic growth from the loss of biodiversity and the deterioration of natural systems, freshwater extraction, waste production, and air pollution. In the lead up to the 2012 United Nations Earth Summit and beyond, Cents and Sustainability will be a crucial guide to inform and assist nations to develop strategies to significantly reduce environmental pressures, strengthen their economy, create jobs and reduce poverty. 'I commend the team from The Natural Edge Project and their partners for undertaking to develop a response to 'Our Common Future' to mark its 20th anniversary.' Dr Gro Brundtland. Sequel to The Natural Advantage of Nations Published with The Natural Edge Project