sustainable development

• Alternative Labels

  • ecodevelopment
  • ecologically sound development
  • environmentally sound development

• Scope Note

  • Use Sustainable Development Goals for documents about the SDGs as a whole, in the context of the 20

• Definition

  • Sustainable development means that the needs of the present generation should be met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable development has three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – which are interrelated, of equal importance and must be addressed together. Source: Resolution concerning sustainable development, decent work and green jobs. Geneva, ILO, 2013.

• Broader Concepts

  • 03.02.3 Economic and social development

• Narrower Concepts

  • just transition

• Related Concepts

  • 16.01 Ecology
  • 16.03.1 Environment
  • capacity building
  • ecosystem
  • environmental impact assessment
  • environmental management
  • green economy
  • green jobs
  • sustainable agriculture
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • sustainable enterprise

• ISN

  • 5889

• Exact Matching Concepts

  • Sustainable development

• Created

  • 09 October 2019 16:02 CET

• RDF Type

  • Concept