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Brit's Eye View: Sustainable development turns 20
Happy birthday! |
Peter Madden |
26 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Peter Madden, chief executive of Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. "Sustainable development" is 20 years old this week. On April 27, 1987, after four years of deliberation, the World Commission on Environment and Development released its report. The inquiry -- also known as the Brundtland Commission -- was led by the prime minister of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland. I was at university ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, placemaking, United Kingdom, urban planning (all these topics) |
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