- "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 balancing of economic, social, and environmental factors to ensure long-term prosperity and well-being for current and future generations.
Environmental governance: Refers to the processes, policies, and institutions that manage environmental issues and challenges, including laws and regulations.
Climate change: Refers to the long-term changes in the Earth's climate, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and changes in precipitation patterns, which are caused by human activities.
Biodiversity conservation: Refers to the protection and management of the variety of living organisms in ecosystems, including plants, animals, and microorganisms.
Ecosystem services: Refers to the benefits that humans derive from ecosystems, including food, clean water, and air quality, as well as cultural and recreational values.
Environmental ethics: Refers to the moral and ethical principles and values that guide individuals and societies in making decisions regarding the environment.
Sustainable agriculture: Refers to farming practices that are environmentally and socially sustainable, including the use of organic and regenerative techniques.
Renewable energy: Refers to the use of alternative and clean energy sources, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power.
Green building: Refers to the construction and design of buildings that are energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable, using materials that minimize waste and pollution.
Waste management: Refers to the strategies and techniques used to handle and reduce waste, including recycling, composting, and landfilling.
Water resources management: Refers to the sustainable management of water resources, including conservation, storage, and distribution, to meet the needs of humans and ecosystems.
Ecological Economics: This type of approach is concerned with the relationship between economics and the environment, and seeks to harmonize the two using economic tools and principles.
Social Ecology: Social ecology is concerned with the relationship between the environment and society, and seeks to integrate social and environmental objectives into a holistic approach.
Environmental Justice: Environmental justice is concerned with the distribution of environmental risks and benefits, and seeks to ensure that all people are treated equally with respect to their exposure to environmental hazards.
Human Ecology: Human ecology is concerned with understanding the relationship between humans and the environment, and seeks to foster sustainable development by improving the quality of life for all people while minimizing environmental damage.
Political Ecology: Political ecology is concerned with the ways in which political and economic systems impact the environment, and seeks to promote sustainable development through social and political change.
- "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."