Governmental And Non-Governmental Sustainable Development Policy

The sustainable development is a concept which appeared gradually after the second world war, at first, in the mind of conscious visionaries who conclude that the Earth had finished dimensions and by the way limited resources and secondly, because the world economic and demographic growth of the XXth century came along with new problems: depletion of natural resources, global warming, desertification, chemical accidents, tankers, escalation of the inequality between developed countries and developing country.This awareness gradually spread in the scientific, economic and political world to be finally the object of an important study organized by the UNO at the beginning of 1980s. The sustainable development is"a mode of development allowing to meet the needs of present generations without compromising the capacity of the future generations to answer in theirs".? the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and? the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs."All definitions of sustainable development require that we see the world as a system—a system that connects space; and a system that connects time.When you think of the world as a system over space, you grow to understand that air pollution from North America affects air quality in Asia, and that pesticides sprayed in Argentina could harm fish stocks off the coast of Australia.And when you think of the world as a system over time, you start to realize that the decisions our grandparents made about how to farm the land continue to affect agricultural practice today; and the economic policies we endorse today will have an impact on urban poverty when our children are adults. We also understand that quality of life is a system, too. It's good to be physically healthy, but what if you are poor and don't have access to education? It's good to have a secure income, but what if the air in your part of the world is unclean? And it's good to have freedom of religious expression, but what if you can't feed your family?The concept of sustainable development is rooted in this sort of systems thinking. It helps us understand ourselves and our world. The problems we face are complex and serious—and we can't address them in the same way we created them. But we can address them.It's that basic optimism that motivates IISD's staff, associates and board to innovate for a healthy and meaningful future for this planet and its inhabitants.This mode of development has to allow a balance between the economic growth, the social equality, the environmental protection and the participation of the citizen.This document provides a more or less detailed summary on the situation of"Sustainable development"in some principal part of the world with an emphasis on the political view.The book will be divided on three parts. The first will be an overview on the concept of"Sustainable development", its origin and its stakes and objectives. The second part, which will be the most consistent, will put us directly into the heart of the thesis subject:"Governmental and non governmental policies in support of sustainability". This part could be sometime a little bit technical, but it will concentrate on concrete and official data. The third part will be more critical, trying to output the viability or the possibility of a sustainable future regarding to the discussions on second part.