The Bottom Lines of
Sustainable Development and
Sustainability and
Environmental
,• World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED) 1983
• Set by the UN General Assembly
• Outcome published in 1987: ‘Our Common
Future’
• Brundtland former Norwegian Prime
Minister
• Many present development trends leave
increasing numbers of people poor and
vulnerable while at the same time
degrading the environment
,How can such development serve next
century’s world of twice as many people
relying on the same environment?
Broadened view of development not
restricted to economic growth in
developing countries
A new development path was required,
one that sustained human progress not
just in a few places for a few years, but for
the entire planet into the distant future
, Sustainability
• Old principle of economic growth
– At the expense of social and environmental
sectors
• Given rise to alarming trends
– Global Environmental Problems
• In the 1980’s: development of the concept of
sustainable development
• Called for three principles
– Maintenance of ecological processes
– Sustainable use of resources
– Maintenance of genetic diversity.
Sustainable Development and
Sustainability and
Environmental
,• World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED) 1983
• Set by the UN General Assembly
• Outcome published in 1987: ‘Our Common
Future’
• Brundtland former Norwegian Prime
Minister
• Many present development trends leave
increasing numbers of people poor and
vulnerable while at the same time
degrading the environment
,How can such development serve next
century’s world of twice as many people
relying on the same environment?
Broadened view of development not
restricted to economic growth in
developing countries
A new development path was required,
one that sustained human progress not
just in a few places for a few years, but for
the entire planet into the distant future
, Sustainability
• Old principle of economic growth
– At the expense of social and environmental
sectors
• Given rise to alarming trends
– Global Environmental Problems
• In the 1980’s: development of the concept of
sustainable development
• Called for three principles
– Maintenance of ecological processes
– Sustainable use of resources
– Maintenance of genetic diversity.
