Why Sustainability?

Manuel Fischer, Daniel Foord, Jan Frecè, Kirsten Hillebrand, Ingrid Kissling-Näf, Rahel Meili, Marie Peskova, David Risi, René Schmidpeter and Tobias Stucki
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Manuel Fischer: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Daniel Foord: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Jan Frecè: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Kirsten Hillebrand: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Ingrid Kissling-Näf: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Rahel Meili: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Marie Peskova: Bern University of Applied Sciences
David Risi: Bern University of Applied Sciences
René Schmidpeter: Bern University of Applied Sciences
Tobias Stucki: Bern University of Applied Sciences

Chapter Chapter 1 in Sustainable Business, 2023, pp 1-15 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Over the past 30 years, sustainable development has become the central term worldwide in discussions about the future development of humanity and planet Earth. The struggle to define what sustainable development really means and how to achieve it, has become a central theme of national and international politics, science, and increasingly also of business and civil society. But why has the concept of sustainable development become central to many disparate debates across the world? In this chapter we discuss the biggest social and environmental challenges facing the world today and the basic processes, causes, and effects of climate change.

Keywords: Anthropocene; Planetary Boundaries; Doughnut Economics; Economic costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25397-3_1

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