- "Sustainable development is an organizing principle that aims to meet human development goals while also enabling natural systems to provide necessary natural resources and ecosystem services to humans."
The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, including social and economic development that is equitable and environmentally sustainable.
No Poverty: Eradicating poverty in all forms and dimensions.
Zero Hunger: Achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture.
Good Health and Well-being: Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all.
Quality Education: Providing inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
Gender Equality: Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls.
Clean Water and Sanitation: Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Affordable and Clean Energy: Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
Decent Work and Economic Growth: Promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fostering innovation.
Reduced Inequalities: Reducing inequality within and among countries.
Sustainable Cities and Communities: Making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Responsible Consumption and Production: Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Climate Action: Taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
Life Below Water: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.
Life on Land: Protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, combating desertification, and halting and reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss.
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Partnerships for the Goals: Strengthening the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Environmental Science: Studies the interactions between humans and the environment, aiming to identify ways of minimizing negative impacts and promoting sustainable development.
Social Sciences: Researches how different societies interact with one another, taking into account cultural, economic, and political factors.
Energy and Climate Change: Investigates the effects of climate change on different ecosystems and the human population, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop better energy policies.
Ecological Economics: Examines the relationships between economic activities and natural systems, promoting a more sustainable and equitable economy.
Agriculture: Focuses on the development of sustainable food systems, including crop management, soil health, and animal welfare.
Water Resource Management: Helps to ensure sustainable use of freshwater resources by balancing ecological needs with human needs.
Sustainable Urban Development: Addresses the unique challenges of building and maintaining sustainable cities, including infrastructure, transportation systems, and public policy.
Renewable Energy Technologies: Researches sustainable and renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and hydroelectric power.
Sustainable Transportation: Encouraging the use of sustainable modes of transport, including cycling, walking, and public transportation.
Environmental Health: Focuses on the relationship between environmental quality and human health.
Ecosystem Services: Focus on the interconnectedness of natural systems and the benefits they provide to human society, including clean air, water, and food.
Sustainable Tourism: Emphasizes the importance of environmentally responsible travel practices and responsible tourism management.
Biodiversity: Works to protect and maintain the variety of life on Earth, including plant and animal species, genetic diversity, and ecosystem diversity.
Sustainable Design: Considers the environmental impacts of building design, promoting strategies such as passive solar gain, green roofs, and energy-efficient technology.
Sustainable Business: Promotes sustainable practices within the business community, including sustainable supply chain management, environmental certifications, and waste reduction strategies.
- "The desired result is a society where living conditions and resources meet human needs without undermining the planetary integrity and stability of the natural system."
- "Sustainable development tries to find a balance between economic development, environmental protection, and social well-being."
- "Development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
- "Sustainable development was first institutionalized with the Rio Process initiated at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro."
- "The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (2015 to 2030) and explained how the goals are integrated and indivisible to achieve sustainable development at the global level."
- "The UNGA's 17 goals address the global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice."
- "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e., a more sustainable world), while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it."
- "While some see it as paradoxical (or as an oxymoron) and regard development as inherently unsustainable, others are disappointed in the lack of progress that has been achieved so far."
- "Part of the problem is that 'development' itself is not consistently defined."
- "enabling natural systems to provide necessary natural resources and ecosystem services to humans"
- "economic development, environmental protection, and social well-being"
- "development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"
- "with the Rio Process initiated at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro"
- "goals adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2015 that address global challenges"
- "poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice"
- "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal, while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it."
- "some see it as paradoxical (or as an oxymoron) and regard development as inherently unsustainable"
- "the lack of progress that has been achieved so far"
- "Part of the problem is that 'development' itself is not consistently defined."