Which one among the following reports defines Sustainable Development

Which one among the following reports defines Sustainable Development as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ?

Brundtland Report

United Nations Human Development Report

Agenda-21 of the Rio Earth Summit

OECD Policy Brief (2006)

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The correct answer is A) Brundtland Report.

The definition of sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” was famously articulated in “Our Common Future,” the 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland. This report is widely referred to as the Brundtland Report.

This definition became the standard for sustainable development globally. Agenda 21 was the comprehensive action plan for sustainable development adopted at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro. It built upon the principles laid out in the Brundtland Report but did not originate the definition. The UN Human Development Report series focuses on measuring human development, and OECD reports discuss various policy areas, including sustainable development, but none of these originated the iconic definition from 1987.

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