Sustainable development

The first Goal (Goal 1) of the seventeen (17) Sustainable Development Goals spearheaded by the United Nations is to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere.” Several targets were set in order to achieve this particular goal and the timeline was set to 2030. These targets or actions include: eradication of extreme poverty everywhere; reduce by at least half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty; Implement nationally appropriate social protection systems and…

depletion and wasted environmental system has reminded that human development can not be sustained. Therefore, a concept called sustainable development has been provided. The report named our common future referred to the definition of sustainable development which is to meet the present needs whilst saving the resources for the future generation meeting their needs (Our common future, 1987). During the period that sustainable development has been popularized. In the meantime, a management…

problem The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the intergovernmental set of 17 aspirational goals with 169 targets to be attained by 2030 (United Nations. Sustainable Development Goals. (2015). This agenda builds on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which were adopted in 2000 and guided development action for the last 15 years to 2015 (United Nations. Millennium Development Goals 2000). These goals are part of the ambitious and bold sustainable development agenda…

Sustainable development: Aldo Leopold (1949) once said, “Cease being intimidated by the argument that a right action is impossible because it does not yield maximum profits, or that a wrong action is to be condoned because it pays”. Sustainable development allows us to satisfy our needs the present without compromising future generations’ abilities to satisfy their needs. Sustainable development is made up of three aspects: economic, social and environmental sustainability. Once all three of…

The targets for the Sustainable Development Goal 12 are partially quantifiable. In order to sustain the consumption and production patterns, the targets fall under two main categories, educating the world, and the applying this new knowledge. Targets 12.7 – 12.b all address the issue on making sure the world is aware of the environmental problems and consequences by promoting and encouraging new methodologies. They are not truly measureable, because companies can be informed but ignorant to the…

Sustainable Development Every year, the population of the world increases more and more and by the year 2020, the population of humans will be eight billion. How can we continuously develop the world around us to benefit our lives, while at the same time preserving natural resources and species? So far, instead of trying to preserve the environment, we as humans have been destroying it in the process of developing our world. By overreaching the sustainability of our world, we have been…

Sustainable development as defined in the Brundtland Report, or our Common Future in 1987 is the ability “to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” “The goal of the upcycle is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world with clean air, water, soil, and power-economically, equitably, ecologically, and elegantly enjoyed” (McDonough & Braungart, 2013). Currently we have to find how to create a balance between us and…

The UN has recently drafted a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that they aim to achieve by 2030 in different fields such as energy. Indeed, the UN aims to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” (Proposal for Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform). Are targets measurable? 7.1 This target can be measured by combining both population and energy consumption data. That way, an energy consumption per capita unit…

Redclift’s 2005 article, Sustainable Development (1987-2005): An Oxymoron Comes of Age, discusses the inability to develop in a sustainable way. The articles focuses on several different factors, ideas, and discussions that have affected the discourse of sustainable development. One focal point of this article is the Corporate Response to Sustainable Development. Corporations’ have had to deal with a growing public conscious to become more ‘green’ and ecologically friendly. These attempts do…

perspective of sustainable development some of the most important decisions that may flow from the negotiations that were launched in Doha are to be found in sections that do not explicitly mention environment, development, or sustainable development. Agriculture. Agriculture will be at the heart of the post-Doha negotiations, and sustainable development will be at the heart of the agriculture negotiations. It is hard to overstate the importance of agriculture for sustainable development.…