2. ◦ Sustainable development is the organizing principle for
meeting human development goals while simultaneously sustaining the
ability of natural systems to provide the natural
resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society
depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions
and resources are used to continue to meet human needs without
undermining the integrity and stability of the natural system.
Sustainable development can be defined as development that meets
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
Y
3. ◦ Building a new community in a previously undeveloped area without
destroying the ecosystem or harming the environment is an example of
sustainable development.
A
4. ◦ Sustainable development is important as it saves national budget, fulfills
the need of people, conserves natural resources, helps in the coordination
between the natural resources and people and conserves natural resources
for future generation.
S
5. ◦ “Recent evidence suggests that the groundwater is under
serious threat of overuse in many parts of the country. About
300 districts have reported a water level decline of over 4
meters during the past 20 years. Nearly one-third of the
country is overusing their groundwater reserves. In another 25
years, 60 per cent of the country would be doing the same if
the present way of using this resource continues.
Groundwater overuse is particularly found in the agriculturally
prosperous regions of Punjab and Western U.P., hard rock
plateau areas of central and south India, some coastal areas
and the rapidly growing urban settlements.
P
6. ◦ The table gives an estimate of reserves of crude oil (column1). More important, it also tells us
for how many years the stock of crude oil will last if people continue to extract it at the present
rate. The reserves would last only 50 years more. This is for the world as a whole. However,
different countries face different situations. Countries like India depend on importing oil from
abroad because they do not have enough stocks of their own. If prices of oil increase this
becomes a burden for everyone. There are countries like USA which have low reserves and
hence want to secure oil through military or economic power
S
7. ◦ The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global
Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a
universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all
people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030.
o The 17 SDGs are integrated—that is, they
recognize that action in one area will affect
outcomes in others, and that development must
balance social, economic and environmental
sustainability.
A
15. ◦ Education must be revisited in light of a renewed vision of sustainable human
and social development that is both equitable and viable. This vision of
sustainability must take into consideration the social, environmental and
economic dimensions of human development and the various ways in which
these relate to education: 'An empowering education is one that builds the
human resources we need to be productive, to continue to learn, to solve
problems, to be creative, and to live together and with nature in peace and
harmony. When nations ensure that such an education is accessible to all
throughout their lives, a quiet revolution is set in motion: education becomes
the engine of sustainable development and the key to a better world.
P
16. ◦ Sustainability is most often defined as meeting the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It
has three main pillars: economic, environmental, and social. These three
pillars are informally referred to as people, planet and profits.
S
17. ◦ As the lead United Nation Development Agency, UNDP is well-placed to
help implement the Goals through our work in some 170 countries and
territories.
◦ They support countries in achieving the SDGs through integrated solutions.
Today’s complex challenges—from stemming the spread of disease to
preventing conflict—cannot be tackled neatly in isolation. For UNDP, this
means focusing on systems, root causes and connections between
challenges—not just thematic sectors—to build solutions that respond to
people’s daily realities.
Y
18. ◦ One of the core concepts in sustainable development is that technology
can be used to assist people to meet their developmental needs.
Technology to meet these sustainable development needs is often referred
to as appropriate technology, which is an ideological movement and now
covers a wide range of technologies. Many modern-day proponents of
appropriate technology also emphasize the technology as people-
centered. Today appropriate technology is often developed using open
source principles, which have led to open-source appropriate
technology (OSAT) and thus many of the plans of the technology can be
freely found on the Internet.
A
