(F) Sustainable Development Goals (book-based) Flashcards
The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Sustainable development
Who said/reported this?
“The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
Brundtland Report
Sustainable Development acquired much popularity among scholars, politicians, public servants, and the civil population alike after the Brundtland Report by the ________ was presented in 1987.
World Commission on the Environment and Development (WCED)
How many SDG do we have
17
What are the first five SDG
No Poverty
Zero Hunger
Good Health and Well-being
Quality Education
Gender Equality
What is the last SDG
Partnerships for the Goals
What goal/s is/are talked about here
If there is no poverty, there is no hunger and all have capability to be educated and learn gender equality
1-5
Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform, where the topic of sustainable development is put forth in discussions
Agenda 21 of 1992 as cited by UN
advocates education to disseminate information regarding sustainable development
Agenda 21
This was crafted in 1994 aimed to raise the awareness of the people through the integration of environmental policies into all aspects of government, a shared responsibility between government, local authorities, businesses, and non-governmental organizations among other provisions in the Strategy.
United Kingdom’s UK Strategy for Sustainable Development
resilient enough to withstand man-made and natural challenges, and can also recover from such if needs arise
sustainable environment
alone may not necessarily lead to sustainability
stability
T or F. Sustainable environments are simply resistant to change but somehow lack the element of resiliency that stable environments possess.
F (reversed)
T or F. it is far easier for stable environments to become unstable in comparison to the possibility of sustainable environments becoming “unsustainable.
T
T or F. All in all, policies and strategies of governments must be intertwined with environmental concerns in order for sustainable development to be achieved.
T
T or F. The POLITICAL CLIMATE must continuously be at the center of government actions. It is only logical and practical, in a sense, to constantly put into consideration in the decision-making and policy-making processes of a nation-state since it is where people build livelihoods on, and which suffers when they turn a blind eye in terms of developing.
F (environment)
By using this as an underpinning principle of sustainable development, governments can simultaneously advocate the protection, restoration, and preservation of the integrity of the Earth’s ecological systems
ecological sustainability
what makes the environment more resilient to challenges and threats and in turn, making civilizations resilient in the same light?
ecological sustainability (imong environment)
