- See also: Sustainability
Sustainable development is an attempt to reconcile economic growth with sustainability.
Quotes
- It is too late for sustainable development.
- When I use the term sustainable development – which I consider to be an oxymoron actually – I am trying to capture the meaning that most people seem to have. In so far as I can tell, people who use the term mean, essentially, that this would be a phase of development where they get to keep what they have but all the poor people can catch up. Or, they get to keep doing what they’ve been doing, but through the magic of technology they are going to cause less damage to the environment and use fewer resources. Either way you use the term, it is just a fantasy. Neither of those is possible – anymore.
- The main challenges of our times are the rise in inequality and global warming. We must therefore implement international treaties enabling us to respond to these challenges and to promote a model for fair and sustainable development.
- Thomas Piketty, "We must rethink globalization, or Trumpism will prevail", The Guardian, 16 November 2016.
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