Author : Michael H. Smith,Cheryl Desha,Karlson Hargroves
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849776370
Cents and Sustainability by Michael H. Smith,Cheryl Desha,Karlson Hargroves Pdf
Cents and Sustainability is a clear-sighted response to the 1987 call by Dr Gro Brundtland in Our Common Future to achieve a new era of economic growth that is 'forceful and at the same time socially and environmentally sustainable'. The Brundtland Report argued that not only was it achievable, but that it was an urgent imperative in order to achieve a transition to sustainable development while significantly reducing poverty and driving 'clean and green' investment. With some still arguing for significantly slowing economic growth in order to reduce pressures on the environment, this new book.