Développement durable

Development that responds to today’s needs without compromising the ability of future generations to respond to theirs—that is the definition of sustainable development that emerged from the first United Nations World Commission on the Environment and Development (Brundtland Report, 1987). The Earth Summit held under UN auspices in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 imparted formal status to the notion of sustainable development and its three pillars—development that is economically effective, socially equitable, and environmentally sustainable. Plus...