What sustainable development?
The capacity of the citizens responsible the definition for sustainable development proposed by the report of 1987 is most often retained:
“Sustainable development meets the needs for the present without compromising the capacity of the future generations to answer their…” (1)
Into French, was translated by sustainable development.
The development terms (implied economic (2)) and durable are not really made to be brought closer. It would be preferable to use the bearable term of development, word for word translation of English (in Spanish one speaks about ).
In spite of the precision of the concept (see the definition supplements (1)), the opportunist ones did not hesitate with the concept to make there enter anything, of the advertizing slogan to the political statement more the streetwalker while passing by the electoral .
However, in any case in this field, it is not really useful to persist in selling salads to us. Taken individually, the man is reasonable. Besides some cranks pseudo-scientists, we almost all are convinced of the exhaustion of the resources (3), the global warming and the acceleration of the poverty of the countries of the south. No need for new demonstrations. The stage of the awakening is already reached.
But only here. There is the sacro-saint rate of growth. And the increase in growth rate, from approximately 2,2% minimum according to the experts, it is the alleviation of unemployment. It appears in any case.
Then how to make? In fact really the varnishes of the type pact ecologist or commitment for the environment will be likely to cause a passage to the generalized and significant act (see the question of the
2) Economic yes. Unless hoping for a new definition of the GDP Gross domestic product which would integrate other parameters of progress lira on this subject it excel little book the Copyright: Alain FERNANDEZ ©1998-2008- All rights reserved