IV. Implementing Sustainable Models of Development

Sustainable Development: Answering the needs of the present without compromising the future and its generations.

3 pillars: Social/Environmental/Economic

1. Growing Awareness at the root of Sustainable Development

• High demographic growth in 60’s and degradation of the environment due to rapid economic growth.

• 1970’s gave rise to ecology movement

Important Milestones for Sustainable Development

•Concept of SD - 1987 •Earth Summit: Rio (1992); •Video: The Girl who silenced the world in 5 minutes•Kyoto (1997)

Countries in Red did not ratify the Kyoto Agreement

2000: Millenial Objectives: Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hungerGoal 2: Achieve universal primary educationGoal 3: Promote gender equality and empower womenGoal 4: Reduce child mortalityGoal 5: Improve maternal healthGoal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseasesGoal 7: Ensure environmental sustainabilityGoal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

More Recent Milestones• 2009: Copenhagen Summit

Video: BBC The Disappointment of Copenhagen• 2012 Rio Earth Summit: “The Future we Want”• 2015 COP21 Paris (Conference of the Parties to

the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)

New Goals for 2015 and Beyond?Video: TED Talk 2012 Jamie Drummond

Reading Homework

• Articles:• Rio+20 Earth Summit: campaigners decry final

document (read + answer questions)• World Food Demand to Outpace Supply in

Coming Decades, UN Claims (read + answer questions)– What’s your consumption factor? NY Times– The World’s Rubbish Dump, The Independent– The Real Price of Gold, National Geographic