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Sustainable development

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What is sustainable development?

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What Is Sustainable Development?

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BIC: Two minutes to understand sustainable development

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Concepts in Sustainable Development: an Introduction to the Key Issues

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UN Sustainable Development Goals - Overview

Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while at the same time sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resource use continue to meet human needs without undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system. Sustainable development can be classified as development that meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.