Toward A Common Future
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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.
Toward A Common Future
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Author : Michael Keating
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Toward A Common Future written by Michael Keating and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Economic development categories.
Canada was one of the first nations to begin a national debate on sustainable development through the National Task Force on Environment and Economy, launched in 1986 by the Canadian Council of Resource and Environmental Ministers. This paper is a synopsis of issues that have been in the public debate on the future of the environment. The first section examines some of the major problems that must be dealt with, including climate change and the greenhouse effect, the ozone layer, acid and toxic rain, nuclear winter, chemicals, waste and garbage, cutting the forests, polluting surface and groundwater, and the destruction of habitat for other species. The second section describes some of the changes that will be needed to start moving toward sustainable development, such as making energy sustainable, improving waste management, saving wildlands and wildlife and population control. The implications of these changes for governments, business, public interest groups, education, and individual behaviour are also addressed.
Toward A Common Future
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Author : William G. Rusch
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2019-05-20
Toward A Common Future written by William G. Rusch and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-20 with Religion categories.
This book provides a specific proposal for churches divided by centuries-long disputes and disagreements to move toward a vision of the unity of the church. It seeks to offer a way for divided churches to move beyond the present quagmire that challenges much of the modern ecumenical movement. Building upon the theological dialogues between the churches, this volume identifies and supplies a way for churches to regain a momentum that seems recently to have been lost in the ecumenical movement.
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.
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.
For The Common Good
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Author : Herman E. Daly
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 1994-04-01
For The Common Good written by Herman E. Daly and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-04-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Winner of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order 1992, Named New Options Best Political Book Economist Herman Daly and theologian John Cobb, Jr., demonstrate how conventional economics and a growth-oriented industrial economy have led us to the brink of environmental disaster, and show the possibility of a different future. Named as one of the Top 50 Sustainability Books by University of Cambridges Programme for Sustainability Leadership and Greenleaf Publishing.
For The Common Good
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Author : Herman E. Daly
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
Release Date : 1989
For The Common Good written by Herman E. Daly and has been published by Beacon Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Business & Economics categories.
Daly (economist, the World Bank) and Cobb (philosophy, Claremont Graduate School) expose the outmoded abstractions of mainstream economic theory. They conclude, in particular, that economic growth--the prevailing yardstick for measuring economic success--is no longer an appropriate goal as energy consumption, overpopulation, and pollution increase. Instead, they propose a new measure for the economy--the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Common Futures
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Author : Schismenos Alexandros Schismenos
language : en
Publisher: Black Rose Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2020-02-11
Common Futures written by Schismenos Alexandros Schismenos and has been published by Black Rose Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-11 with Political Science categories.
What does the future hold? Is the desertification of the planet, driven by state and corporate authority, the final horizon of history? Is the dystopian future implied by the systemic degradation of nature and society inescapable? From marginal activist groups to governments and interstate organizations, all appear to be concerned with what the future of our shared world will look like. Yet even amid the ongoing global crisis caused by capitalism, the potential of a different, radically rooted future has also appeared. Common Futures explores the global emergence of twenty-first-century social movements, opposed to capitalism and state authority. These movements, Yavor Tarinski and Alexandros Schismenos show, transcend traditional political forms of organization and try to form autonomous networks premised on direct democracy and solidarity. The authors identify the importance of grassroots movements, which can bring radical change and create a more democratic and ecological future.Common Futures examines the social and political roots of the environmental crisis and the relationship between ecology and direct democracy. But Tarinski and Schismenos go beyond the analysis of crises, contemporary struggles, and social movements: Common Futures also clarifies the conditions for the re-creation of free public time and space and point to practical steps that we can take to alleviate the problems of our future.
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
Shaping The Future We Want
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Author : Buckler, Carolee
language : en
Publisher: UNESCO
Release Date : 2014-11-10
Shaping The Future We Want written by Buckler, Carolee and has been published by UNESCO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-10 with Environmental education categories.