Question

Explain the correlation of the following statement.

Environment and sustainable development

Answer 1

There is a close link between the environment and sustainable development which is used in the broad perspective and the overall development of human beings without any distinction. The World Conservative Strategy initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the world wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), provided the platform for international debate on sustainability. The most noteworthy step towards sustainable development is the publication of an international report titled “Our Common Future” by the World Commission on Environment (WCED) in 1987. This is commonly known as “The Brundtland Report”. The report defined sustainable development as “Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.