Defining Sustainable Development for Our Common Future: A History of the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission)

by Iris Borowy

Book Overview

The UN World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, alerted the world to the urgency of making progress toward economic development that could be sustained without depleting natural resources or harming the environment. Written by an international group of politicians, civil servants and experts on the environment and development, the Brundtland Report changed sustainable development...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415825512
• ISBN13: 9780415825511
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"