Building Bridges between Science and Policy to Achieve Sustainability

Katherine Richardson and Ole Wæver

Chapter 41 in Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future:Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders, 2014, pp 309-315 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In 1987, the Brundtland Commission released a report that would define the next 25 years of progress toward a sustainable future. Breaking with earlier conventions that saw development exclusively in terms of economic growth, the report urged policymakers to include social and environmental impacts in their considerations. The Brundtland Report also introduced the concept of intergenerational equity, that is, no generation has the right to use the earth's resources in such a manner that it compromises the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This means that development can only be sustainable if the consumption of natural resources is kept within the amount that the earth is able to replenish. A sustainable future may seem far away, but research advances over the past few decades have meant the vision outlined by Brundtland is closer than many think…

Keywords: Envisioning; Sustainable Future; Desirable Future; Positive Future; Future History; Scenarios; World Views (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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