Daly 1991.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Presentation_of_Our_Common_Future_to_UNEP.pdf (application/pdf-Objekt) Education for Sustainable Development | | UNESCO. Ited Nations: Development. Keeping crop diversity is a way to help farmers deal with climate change. Reducing poverty, promoting prosperity and protecting the planet United Nations development efforts profoundly affect the lives and well-being of millions of people throughout the world. They are based on the conviction that lasting international peace and security are possible only if the economic prosperity and the well-being of people everywhere is assured.
What are those development efforts? The main ones are: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)In September 2000, world leaders committed their nations to 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by 2015. Which UN Bodies and Offices are working on development? General Assembly Second Committee (Economic and Financial) Current information on agenda items, summaries of work, and documents. Sustainable development. While the modern concept of sustainable development is derived mostly from the 1987 Brundtland Report, it is also rooted in earlier ideas about sustainable forest management and twentieth century environmental concerns. As the concept developed, it has shifted to focus more on economic development, social development and environmental protection for future generations.
It has been suggested that "the term 'sustainability' should be viewed as humanity's target goal of human-ecosystem equilibrium (homeostasis), while 'sustainable development' refers to the holistic approach and temporal processes that lead us to the end point of sustainability. "[1] The concept of sustainable development has been — and still is — subject to criticism. History[edit] Following the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962, the developing environmental movement drew attention to the relationship between economic growth and development and environmental degradation. Dimensions[edit] Agriculture[edit]