Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Sustainable Development and Its Goals: Presented By: Aditi Singh
Sustainable Development and Its Goals: Presented By: Aditi Singh
Sustainable Development and Its Goals: Presented By: Aditi Singh
● the idea that human societies must live and meet their needs without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
● the “official” definition of sustainable development was developed for the first
time in the Brundtland Report in 1987, in a report entitled “our common future”
○ Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.
○ the study of the concepts of sustainable development and environmental
science is known as Sustainability Science.
● it has three pillars; economic, environmental and social sustainability
The objectives of Brundtland Report:
⮚ ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
⮚ globalization and green-house effect
⮚ acid rain
⮚ desertification
⮚ ozone layer depletion
⮚ pollution causes 16% of all the deaths globally
⮚ technology in warfare- the use of chemicals and micro
organism
⮚ species extinction
❑ resources are fixed
❑ drastic increase in global population and increasing human
needs
❑ terrible circulation
❑ helpful in inventing alternative resources
❑ promotes reuse and recycle of resources
❑ reduce dependence on non-renewable resources and use it
judiciously
❑ save for future generations
❑ social equity
❑ balance our economic, environmental, and social needs
FOUR MAIN DIMENSIONS
MEASURES
1. Technology
2. 3R approach
3. Promoting environmental education and
awareness
4. Resources utilization as per carrying capacity
5. Improving quality of life including social, cultural
and economic dimensions
ADVANTAGES
● Cost reduction.
● Increased productivity
● Improved health
● Waste minimization
● There is freedom of speech and freedom of choice in sustainable
development
● Better use of materials
● Environmental Protection
● Guarantee of a better future
● Better quality of life
● support for local business