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Green Skills–II

u Sustainable Development u Solutions Related to Sustainable Development
u Importance of Sustainable Development u Solutions to Sustainable Development
u Problems Related to Sustainable Development u Global Development Goals

Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present, but does not compromise
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The concept of sustainable development can be
interpreted in different ways, but at its core is an approach to development that invokes an awareness towards
the right kind of environmental, social and economic development in a society.
Often, in most of the societies, the development takes place with one particular need in mind, without fully
considering the future impacts of that development. We are already seeing the damage caused due to this kind
of approach. For example, a large-scale financial crises caused by irresponsible banking or the changes in global
climate resulting from our dependence on fossil fuel-based energy sources. The longer we pursue unsustainable
development, the more frequent and severe its consequences are likely to be. That’s why it is time to take action
and move towards sustainable development.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The phrase Sustainable Development is made up of two words:

u Sustainable means something that can be maintained for a longer period of time.
u Development means the use of resources to improve the present social, economic and environmental
systems.

Sustainable development is a systematic approach for growth and development and to manage natural produced
and social capital for the welfare of their own and future generations. It is the organising principle for meeting
human development goals and at the same time sustaining the ability of natural resources to provide the services
upon which the economy and society depend.
Sustainable development has come a long way with its thirty-year long journey of four World Summits from
Stockholm to Nairobi to Rio and to Johannesburg.

u The 1972 UN conference in Stockholm highlighted the concerns for preserving and enhancing the environment
and its biodiversity to ensure human rights to a healthy and productive world. The developing countries
argued that their priority was development, whereas the developed countries made the environmental
protection and conservation as the prime issue.

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