Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs' (defined by the Brundtland Commission and ...

The San Diego Planning Department is proposing a new definition to replace "transit priority areas," where the city aims to focus its future growth, after complaints from anti-density homeowners who ...

As the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) convenes from 26 to 29 March in Yaoundé, Cameroon, a country of exceptional natural diversity, IUCN calls on the Ministers to ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015, recognizes not only that peace and security are prerequisites for achieving ...

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...

Leena Srivastava is Vice Chancellor and Honorary Executive Director at TERI University, New Delhi, India. December 2014, No. 3 Vol. LI, Conference Diplomacy Sustainable development is by definition ...

Frank Biermann receives funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (ERC Advanced Grant No 788001). In September 2015, leaders ...

The Sustainable Development Goals are embedded in the 2030 Agenda, a framework developed by the UN and officially launched during the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015. The 2030 Agenda sets out ...

What Are the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? In 2015 the United Nations created a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and ...

In September 2015, the Member States of the UN agreed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to address economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development in a balanced and ...