Roughly forty years ago, a small group of scientists and policy makers began to realize that
humanity was on a dramatic collision course, as the rapidly growing world economy and …

At present, the term sustainable development is misleading because we actually live in a
markedly unsustainable world and conditions will become even more unsustainable in the …

The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former
Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of …

The concept of sustainable development has been formulated at a time when modern
humanity gained the technological means to carry out almost any transformation of the world …

2 The world faces a serious challenge, indeed one that is unique to our age. Developing
countries rightly yearn to catch up with the living standards enjoyed in developed countries …

The concept of sustainable development that emerged with the adoption in 1982 of the
World Charter for Nature was given detailed definition in the 1987 report of the United …

In the wake of high human fertility and rapid expansion of industrial ac tivity, many local,
regional and global ecosystems have been overbur dened, leading in part to irreversible …

Since 1900, the number of peo ple inhabiting the earth has mul tiplied more than three
times. The world economy has expanded 20 times. The consumption of fossil fuels has …

At the Edge is a rich and evocative call to action at a time when new ideas are urgently
needed. Mandatory reading for policy analysts and decision makers in the public, private …

Synopsis Our Common Future (also known as 'The Brundtland Report') is the report of the
UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Prime Minister …