Sustainable development

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  • Development that provides economic, social and environmental benefits in the long term having regard to the needs of living and future generations. Defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987 as: 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 is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resources are used to continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. 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". As the concept of sustainable development developed, it has shifted its focus more towards the economic development, social development and environmental protection for future generations. Sustainable development was first institutionalized with the Rio Process initiated at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals(2015 to 2030) and explained how the goals are integrated and indivisible to achieve sustainable development at the global level. The 17 goals address the global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. Sustainable development is interlinked with the normative concept of sustainability. UNESCO formulated a distinction between the two concepts as follows: "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world), while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it." The concept of sustainable development has been criticized in various ways. While some see it as paradoxical (or an oxymoron) and regard development as inherently unsustainable, others are disappointed in the lack of progress that has been achieved so far. Part of the problem is that "development" itself is not consistently defined.

    持続可能性（じぞくかのうせい、英: sustainability〈サステナビリティ、サステイナビリティ〉）は、将来にわたって現在の社会の機能を継続していくことができるシステムやプロセスのこと。 一般的にはそういった仕組みを指すが、環境学的には生物的なシステムがその多様性と生産性を期限なく継続できる能力のことを指し、さらに組織原理としては、持続可能な発展を意味する。すなわち、人間活動、特に文明の利器を用いた活動が、将来にわたって持続できるかどうかを表す概念であり、エコロジー、経済、政治、文化の4つの分野を含むものとされる。 経済や社会など人間活動全般に用いられるが、特に環境問題やエネルギー問題について使用される。この概念は「ブルントラント報告」（国連環境と開発に関する世界委員会、1987年）で提起された。以上から転じて、企業の社会的責任（CSR）との関係で、企業がその活動を持続できるかどうかという意味で論じられることもあるが、これは本来の用法とは異なる。

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    Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resources are used to continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. 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". As the concept of sustainable development developed, it has shifted its focus more towards the economic development, social development and environmental protection for future generations. Sustainable development was first institutionalized with the Rio Process initiated at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. In 2015 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals(2015 to 2030) and explained how the goals are integrated and indivisible to achieve sustainable development at the global level. The 17 goals address the global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace, and justice. Sustainable development is interlinked with the normative concept of sustainability. UNESCO formulated a distinction between the two concepts as follows: "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world), while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it." The concept of sustainable development has been criticized in various ways. While some see it as paradoxical (or an oxymoron) and regard development as inherently unsustainable, others are disappointed in the lack of progress that has been achieved so far. Part of the problem is that "development" itself is not consistently defined.

    持続可能な開発（じぞくかのうなかいはつ、英: sustainable development; SD）とは、「将来の世代の欲求を満たしつつ、現在の世代の欲求も満足させるような開発」のこと。「持続可能な発展」と訳されることもある。また、持続可能な開発が行われ持続可能性を得た社会を、持続可能な社会と言う。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sustainable_development)