Our Shared Future

Author: World Commission on Environment and Development / Wang Zhijia / Ke Jinliang / Xia Kunbu
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Our Common Future paved the way for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro with its "sustainable development" concept, and was hailed as the declaration of human sustainable development. A true international declaration on sustainable development. – (Canada) Kenneth Hare
This book provides a thorough analysis of environmental change issues, particularly importantly, it has become a roadmap for sustainable development. – (Russia) Olga Bichkova
This book reminds people that the era of the marriage between economics and ecology has arrived. Governments and people of all countries can not only be held responsible for environmental damage but also for the policies that cause such damage. Some parts of these policies threaten the survival of the human species. They can be changed, but we must act now. – (USA) The Environmentalist Bookshelf
Members of the World Commission on Environment and Development, under the leadership of Gro Harlem Brundtland, systematically studied major economic, social, and environmental issues facing humanity, with "sustainable development" as the fundamental program. Starting from the protection and development of environmental resources and meeting the needs of the present and future generations, they put forward a series of policy goals and action proposals. The guiding principles elaborated in the report are positive and provide important reference value for policy choices by governments and people of all countries. The research report considers the closely linked issues of environment and development as a whole. Sustainable development of human society can only be based on the long-term and stable carrying capacity of ecological environments and natural resources, and environmental issues can only be resolved within sustainable economic development. Therefore, only by correctly handling the relationship between immediate and long-term interests, as well as between local and overall interests, and mastering the balance between economic development and environmental protection, can this major issue affecting national well-being and long-term social development be satisfactorily resolved.
Our Common Future points out in this research report that governments and people of all countries must take on their historical responsibility for both economic development and environmental protection from now on, formulate correct policies, and implement them. Wrong policies and negligence will pose a threat to human survival. Strict punishment for actions that damage ecological environments has already emerged, and immediate action must be taken to change them.