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World Commission on Environment and Development

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  • As the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) stated in Our Common Future, "A more careful and sensitive consideration of their (vulnerable groups) interests is a touchstone of sustainable development policy" [32].

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 7 2008

  • In the two decades since the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) described a set of “urgent but complex problems bearing on our very survival” [2], the global concern over environment and development issues has expanded.

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 10 2008

  • Significant effort has been made in environmental governance since the World Commission on Environment and Development report.

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6 2008

  • The understanding of the importance of biodiversity has developed in the 20 years since the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission).

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 5 2008

  • Since the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission), these drivers have become more dominant.

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 8 2008

  • There have been major political events in the Arctic since the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Our Common Future.

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6 2008

  • Since the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission), international and national environmental policies have invoked sustainable development to address the impacts of economic growth, ensure a clean environment today and in the future, and reduce the cumulative effects of poverty.

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6 2008

  • She has also chaired the World Commission on Environment and Development, whose 1987 report, "" Our Common Future, '' promoted "" sustainable development. ''

    Protecting Asia's Health 2008

  • Following the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987, sustainable development was adopted in principle, and governments are integrating it into policy and governing structures.

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 6 2008

  • Reducing the rate of loss of biodiversity, and ensuring that decisions made incorporate the full values of goods-and-services provided by biodiversity will contribute substantially towards achieving sustainable development as described in the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission report).

    Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4)~ Chapter 5 2008

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