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Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains two key concepts within it: The concept of 'needs', in particular, the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and
The Great Reset Initiative is an economic recovery plan drawn up by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] The project was launched in June 2020, and a video featuring the then-Prince of Wales Charles was released to mark its launch. [2]
Global Goals Week is an annual week-long event in September for action, awareness, and accountability for the Sustainable Development Goals. [88] It is a shared commitment for over 100 partners to ensure quick action on the SDGs by sharing ideas and transformative solutions to global problems. [ 89 ]
Sustainability is regarded as a "normative concept".[5] [22] [23] [2] This means it is based on what people value or find desirable: "The quest for sustainability involves connecting what is known through scientific study to applications in pursuit of what people want for the future."
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hits Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, leaving 14 people dead.; President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol is impeached (signing pictured) following his declaration of martial law.
The Living Building Challenge is an international sustainable building certification program created in 2006. It is managed by the non-profit International Living Future Institute. [1] It is described by the Institute as a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that promotes the measurement of sustainability in the built ...
University of Technology Sydney - Institute for Sustainable Futures USA 2019 1.5 C by 2050 2020-2050 63500 (total investments from 2015 to 2020) 47.8 million 450 114444 70277 32% 17% 14% 2% 0% Designing a Model for the Global Energy System—GENeSYS-MOD: An Application of the Open-Source Energy Modeling System (OSeMOSYS) [169] (Global)
Computational sustainability is an emerging field that attempts to balance societal, economic, and environmental resources for the future well-being of humanity using methods from mathematics, computer science, and information science fields.