Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend.
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Sustainable development was defined in the 1987 Brundtland Report as "development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".
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Sustainable development was first institutionalized with the Rio Process initiated at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
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Sustainable development is interlinked with the normative concept of sustainability.
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Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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Sustainable development has its roots in ideas about sustainable forest management, which were developed in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Sustainable development's work influenced others, including Alexander von Humboldt and Georg Ludwig Hartig, eventually leading to the development of the science of forestry.
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Since the Brundtland Report, the concept of sustainable development has developed beyond the initial intergenerational framework to focus more on the goal of "socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable economic growth".
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The action plan Agenda 21 for sustainable development identified information, integration, and participation as key building blocks to help countries achieve development that recognizes these interdependent pillars.
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Concept of sustainable development has been and still is, subject to criticism, including the question of what is to be sustained in sustainable development.
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The concept of sustainable development is intertwined with the concept of carrying capacity.
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Important operational principles of sustainable development were published by Herman Daly in 1990: renewable resources should provide a sustainable yield ; for non-renewable resources there should be equivalent development of renewable substitutes; waste generation should not exceed the assimilative capacity of the environment.
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Economic Sustainable development has traditionally required a growth in the gross domestic product.
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World Business Council for Sustainable Development published a Vision 2050 document in 2021 to show "How business can lead the transformations the world needs".
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Gender and sustainable development have been examined, focusing on women's leadership potential and barriers to it.
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Education for sustainable development is a term used by the United Nations and is defined as education that encourages changes in knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to enable a more sustainable and just society for all.
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