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  2. Sustainable development - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable development overlaps with the idea of sustainability which is a normative concept. [5] UNESCO formulated a distinction between the two concepts as follows: "Sustainability is often thought of as a long-term goal (i.e. a more sustainable world), while sustainable development refers to the many processes and pathways to achieve it." [6]

  3. Sustainability - Wikipedia

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    Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long period of time. Definitions of this term are disputed and have varied with literature, context, and time. [2] [1] Sustainability usually has three dimensions (or pillars): environmental, economic, and social. [1] Many definitions emphasize the environmental dimension.

  4. SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2 - Wikipedia

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    Compared to Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2 was more advanced. Whereas the Mathematics 1 test covered Algebra II and basic trigonometry, a pre-calculus class was good preparation for Mathematics 2. [2] On January 19, 2021, the College Board discontinued all SAT Subject tests, including the SAT Subject Test in Mathematics Level 2. This was ...

  5. Dow Jones Sustainability Indices - Wikipedia

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    Questions are both directed at short-term risks and opportunities and sustainable long-term value creation. [16] The intensity of the industry-specific criteria has continuously increased. In 1999, industry-specific information accounted for only 30 percent of the overall score, while now it accounts for nearly 60 percent.

  6. Environmental economics - Wikipedia

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    For instance, CO 2 emission standards for specific manufacturers in the automotive industry are either linked to the average vehicle footprint (US system) or average vehicle weight (EU system) of their entire vehicle fleet. Environmental economic regulations find the cheapest emission abatement efforts first, and then move on to the more ...

  7. Maximum sustainable yield - Wikipedia

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    The equation for figure 2 is the differential of equation 1.1 (Verhulst's 1838 growth model): [13] = (equation 1.2) can be understood as the change in population (N) with respect to a change in time (t). Equation 1.2 is the usual way in which logistic growth is represented mathematically and has several important features.

  8. Sustainable agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable agriculture provides a potential solution to enable agricultural systems to feed a growing population within the changing environmental conditions. [6] Besides sustainable farming practices, dietary shifts to sustainable diets are an intertwined way to substantially reduce environmental impacts.

  9. Modernism - Wikipedia

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    While J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851), one of the most notable landscape painters of the 19th century, was a member of the Romantic movement, his pioneering work in the study of light, color, and atmosphere "anticipated the French Impressionists" and therefore modernism "in breaking down conventional formulas of representation; though unlike them ...