Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is concerned with the welfare of not only
present generation but also future generation. It aims at not only satisfying
the luxury wants of the upper class i.e. rich but also the basic necessities of
the poor like food, sanitation, health care, education etc. The present
generation should not exhaust the resources left by the past generation, but it
should leave the same for the sake of future generation. This is called inter –
generational equity.
“Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs” -World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987-
“The alternative approach (to sustainable development) is to focus
on natural capital assets and suggest that they should not decline through
time.” -Pearce, Markandya and Barbier, 1989-
It is crucial to harmonize three core elements such as economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. A set of 17 goals for the World’s future can be achieved before 2030 with three unanimous principles fixed by United Nations such as Universality, Integration and Transformation.
1. End Poverty in all its forms everywhere
2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all
ages
4. Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote
lifelong learning
5. Achieve gender equality and empower women and girls
6. Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern
energy for all
8. Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment
and decent work for all
9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable
industrialization and foster innovation.
10. Reduce inequality within and among countries
11. Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production pattern
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14. Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine
resources
15. Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and
reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
16. Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
17. Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
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