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Sustainable development and goals beyond climate and working to preserve oceans, forests they recognise that action in one area Report is produced by an independent
and environment as a whole. The 2030 will affect outcomes in others and that group of scientists, appointed by UN
change Agenda for Sustainable Development development must balance social, eco- Secretary General once in four years.
with its 17 SDGs was adopted at the nomic and environmental sustainability.
The report is a quadrennial SDG review
ustainable development has be- human lives and protect the environ- A.K. DAS UN Sustainable Development Summit and placed at the UN General Assem-
come a major public issue world- ment. Retd. Industrial Advisor in New York in September 2015. Member countries have committed bly for deliberations.
Swide during the last few decades. Department of Chemicals & Petro- to prioritize progress for those who are
As a result of debates and discussions A corporate response to the chal- chemicals, Government of India The SDGs are an universal call to furthest behind. The SDGs are designed These are all modern concepts
on this issue, much progress has been lenges posed by the Rio conference Email: amiyakantidas2010@gmail.com action to end poverty, protect the planet to end poverty, hunger and discrimi- framed out of necessity, but can also
made in increasing environmental came from two organisations: Business and ensure that by 2030 all inhabitants nation against women and girls. The be found in the Vedic universal prayer
awareness of the general public in Council for Sustainable Development Social system goals – Cultural enjoy peace and prosperity. Division for Sustainable Development that reverberates from hermitages of
India and elsewhere. The literary mean- in Geneva; and the World Industry diversity, social justice, gender equa- Goals (DSDG) in the UN Department ancient Bharat since time immemorial:
ing of ‘sustainable’ is ‘that which can Council for the Environment, an initi- lity, participation. The 17 SDGs are as follows: (1) of Economic and Social Affairs pro- Aum Sarve Bhavantu Shukhinah, Sarve
continue for a long time’. In 1987, the ative of the International Chamber of No Poverty, (2) Zero Hunger, (3) Good vides substantive support and capacity Santu Niraamayaah, Sarve Bhadrani
World Commission on Environment Commerce in Paris. Both organisations Ethical shift Health and Well-Being, (4) Quality building for the SDGs and their related Pashyantu, Maa Kashchit-Dukha-
& Development (WCED), which has merged in 1995 to form the World Busi- R. Kothari in ‘Ethics of Environment Education, (5) Gender Equality, (6) Clean issues. The annual High-level Political Bhaag Bhavet, Aum Shaantih Shaan-
been set up by United Nations General ness Council for Sustainable Develop- and Development’ (edited by Engel & Water and Sanitation, (7) Affordable Forum on Sustainable Development tih Shaantih. Aum, May All be Happy,
Assembly in 1983. published a report ment (WBCSD), comprising more than Engel, University of Arizona Press, and Clean Energy, (8) Decent Work and serves as the central UN platform for May All be Free from Illness, May All
entitled ‘Our Common Future.’ The 120 international companies in over Tucson, 1990) has stated: “The shift to Economic Growth, (9) Industry, Inno- the follow-up and review of SDGs. see What is Auspicious, May No One
document came to be known as Brundt- 30 countries and more than 20 major sustainable development is primarily an vation and Infrastructure, (10) Reduced The Global Sustainable Development suffer; Aum, Peace Peace Peace.
land Report after the Commission’s industrial sectors. ethical shift. It is not a technological fi x, Inequalities, (11) Sustainable Cities and
Chairperson, Ms. Gro Harlem Brundt- nor a matter of fi nancial investment. It Communities, (12) Responsible Con- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
land (Norwegian Prime Minister). The Three realms is a shift in values such that nature is sumption and Production, (13) Climate Mr. Amiya Kanti Das (born 1939) is a B.Sc (Hons.) and
Vice Chairman was Monsour Khalid, The sustainable development theory valued in itself and its life support func- Action, (14) Life Below Water, (15) M.Sc in Chemistry from Calcutta University. Widely travelled in
former Foreign Minister of Sudan. emerged from the fi eld of ecological tions, not merely for how it can be con- Life on Land, (16) Peace, Justice and Europe and India, he was a regular contributor in chemical
economics. According to this, sustain- verted into resources and commodities Strong Institute, (17) Partnership for journals during 80’s and 90’s and is profi cient in German and
The report laid the foundation for able development involves achieving to feed the engine of economic growth. the Goals. Russian. Before superannuation on May 31, 1997 from the post
the Rio Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro objectives in three realms: Respect for nature’s diversity and the of Industrial Advisor in the Dept. of Chemicals and Petrochemi-
in 1992, which ultimately led to the  Ecological – Maintain a sustainable responsibility to conserve that diversity, Integrated goals cals, he dealt with diverse chemical industries for three decades.

creation of the United Nations Com- scale of energy and material fl ow defi ne sustainable development as an The 17 SDGs are integrated and
mission on Sustainable Development through the environment such that ethical ideal. Out of an ethics of respect
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