Achieving sustainable development and ensuring environmental sustainability

Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development

There cannot be sustainable development without environmental sustainability.

Which is more important, economic development or environmental protection?

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.

Development of plans for the implementation of chemicals related multilateral environmental agreements development of supplementary guidance

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.

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.

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.

UNDESA (2003), A new approach to sustainable tourism development Moving beyond environmental protection.

(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

Synergy and co benefits with other environmental and development objectives can also facilitate effective integration of climate change and other environmental concerns into various national plans to sustain a long term social and economic development.

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

Reiterating that sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental aspects is a key element of the overarching framework for United Nations activities, and reaffirming the continuing need to ensure a balance among economic development, social development and environmental protection as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development,

Reiterating that sustainable development in its economic, social and environmental aspects is a key element of the overarching framework for United Nations activities, and reaffirming the continuing need to ensure a balance among 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 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,

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

20 12 Implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system

(c) Improving stewardship of environmental and ecological resources for sustainable development, including enhancing agricultural productivity

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

In West Asia, UNEP is a strategic partner in the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI), supporting regional and national efforts in environmental information development and management.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It is increasingly recognized that tourism and environmental impacts should be addressed not in isolation, but within the wider context of sustainable development, paying equal attention to environmental, social and economic sustainability.

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