Bruntland Commission 1983

Bruntland Commission 1983 The Bruntland Commission - the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCEDnamed after its Norwegian chairperson, Gro Harland Bruntland - was formed.23 commissioners from 22 countriesrepresenting developed and developing countries and the communist block. to investigate links between the issues of environment and development that were at the time uncertain but strongly suspectedheld meetings on every continent with people from all walks of life and presented its final report,Bruntland report Our Common Future, to the UN General Assembly in 1987. convinced the UN General Assembly that a major summit was now required to address all these issues - this was the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development - the Earth Summit, held in Rio.Some people now object to the term "sustainable development" as an umbrella term since it implies continued development, and insist that it should be reserved only for development activities.

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