brundtland definition of sustainability was written in 1987.
brundtland definition of sustainability was written in 1987.
when was the brundtland definition of sustainability written?
1987
the organization aimed to create a united international community with shared sustainability goals by identifying sustainability problems worldwide, raising awareness about them, and suggesting the implementation of solutions. in 1987, the brundtland commission published the first volume of “our common future,” the organization’s main report. “our common future” strongly influenced the earth summit in rio de janeiro, brazil, in 1992 and the third un conference on environment and development in johannesburg, south africa, in 2002. also, it is credited with crafting the most prevalent definition of sustainability, as seen below.









































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brundtland commission
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one of the applications of the work is in the field of strategic sustainable development, where the fundamental human needs (not the marketed or created desires and wants) are used in the brundtland definition. together with other aspects of the natural step framework for strategic sustainable development, summarized as back-casting of sustainability principles, it enables planning and designing for sustainability. recent research builds on the work of manfred max-neef.
manfred max-neef's fundamental human needs