Unite Nation General Assembly is holding meeting in New York resent days. This reminded me that the World Commission on Environment and Development was initiated by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1982. After that meeting Our Common Future was published in 1987. The concept of Sustainable Development was deployed in that meeting.
In it original definition of sustainable development, more attentions was paid to intergenerational equity. The issue of environment and development was implicitly mentioned. Actually, the definition of the sustainable development in recently days is very flexible and not static. The concept evolves with the progress of the society and development of economy. Sustainable development becomes a very generally accepted concept applied in international, national, community and household level; applied in all walks of life, applied in all production industry, agricultural, service sectors. Now, the Sustainable development almost include every aspect related human activities: nature (earth, ecosystem, environment, resources), economy (production, trade), and societies.
It is widely accepted that sustainable development has three pillars: economic, social and environment. In my opinion, those three should come behind equity. From the global level, all countries should have equal right for development. The developed countries can not use the term of “sustainable development” (some times mean protect environment) to deplete the right of development of less developed countries. Secondly at individual level, the rich and poor have same privilege for development. Normally, it is regarded as granted that rich can enjoy modern life with luxury car, but at the same time we think the poor cutting a tree for cooking their meals is damaging the environment.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT is good, but is it really good for all the country, all the region, all the people? Some times less developing country may sacrifice its development to protect environment, how can they get compensate? Sustainable development needs action and sacrifice. Sustainable development will not be fulfilled if we only play lib.
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