Achieving sustainable development and ensuring environmental sustainability

Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development

There cannot be sustainable development without environmental sustainability.

Participants reaffirmed their commitment to the three components of sustainable development economic development, social development and environmental protection.

The United States supported incorporating environmental concerns into development work.

Workers witness firsthand the environmental costs of current patterns of development.

International environmental governance is an integral part of realizing sustainable development.

The link between environmental sustainability, economic growth and social development was a foundation for Singapore's sustainable development.

In international environmental law In international environmental law it is mentioned in Principle 16 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.

Beyond this, environmental concerns must be integrated more fully into development policymaking.

China cannot sustain its economic development without political changes and environmental improvements.

Affiliate members include Amnesty International and the Women's Environmental and Development Organization.

The National Environmental Management Act of South Africa, for example, has been an enabling act aiming at improving environmental management while facilitating sustainable development and improving coordination and governance of environmental issues.

One of the major development goals is to ensure environmental sustainability, particularly by integrating the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes, so as to reverse the loss of environmental resources.

(Jordan) implementing integrated agricultural and animal husbandry development projects for sustainable environmental protection.

Integrating environmental activities at the operational level in the broader sustainable development framework

The UNIDO cleaner production programme focuses on reconciling industrial development and environmental concerns.

The services related to POPs will focus on building institutional capacities for promoting the integration of environmental considerations into industrial development policies and strategies, thus mainstreaming the environmental agenda to the industrial development process.

Reaffirming the need to ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) should integrate economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable development.

Participants emphasized that indigenous peoples play an important role in development and environmental preservation.

Development of a UNEP AGEDI regional strategy for environmental information is currently under way.

Reaffirming the continuing need to ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Reaffirming the continuing need to ensure a balance between economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Reaffirming also the continuing need to ensure a balance among economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Such conservation based development projects prove that economic growth and environmental protection are not incompatible.

By building sustainable cities, policymakers can support social and economic development, while minimizing environmental damage.

(4) A technical and environmental GIS database working towards informed policy decisions and sustainable development

Cross cutting projects, such as environmental protection and promoting women in development, have received a growing share of global official development assistance.

These can be termed the economic, social, and environmental pillars of sustainable development, or, more simply, the triple bottom line of sustainable development.

Rather than being a tax on development, investing in environmental sustainability should be seen as an effective and efficient means to achieve development.

Serbia and Montenegro was endeavouring to work out a sustainable development strategy that included the three pillars of economic, social and environmental development.

Taking note that respect for human rights can contribute to sustainable development, including its environmental component,

For Portugal, environmental concerns are a clear priority addressing them must promote, not detract from, development.

Guidelines on the development and use of core environmental indicators for West Asia are also available.

Sustainable disaster risk reduction needs to become an integral component of environmental, economic and social development.

Myanmar had enacted a national environmental policy upon which it was relying to attain sustainable development.

The lack of appropriate resources and know how related to environmental assessment leads to sub optimal decision making based on incomplete or inconsistent information about the state of the environmental resources and the impact of environmental policy on development.

Doing so would add to the global recovery, improve long term environmental sustainability, and accelerate economic development.

My Government recognizes the critical role of environmental issues in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Environmental considerations should also be factored into foreign direct investment and trade policies as drivers of development.

Adopt a human rights approach to macroeconomic issues that promotes sustainable development linking economic growth to gender equality, social development and environmental protection and peace.

This renewed interest can be attributed both to the considerable environmental destruction caused by the first Gulf war as well as to the growth and development of international environmental law itself.

International financial institutions and development cooperation agencies should integrate principles of environmental sustainability into their policies and programmes.

Environmental protection is a threat that is a major challenge in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.