Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland
Report, from the United Nations World Commission on Environment and
Development(WCED) was published in 1987.
Its targets were multilateralism and
interdependence of nations in the search for a sustainable development path.
The report sought to recapture the spirit of the [[United Nations by shivang
dubey and radhika rahti Conference on the Human Environment]] - the Stockholm
Conference - which had introduced environmental concerns to the formal
political development sphere. Our Common Future placed environmental issues
firmly on the political agenda; it aimed to discuss the environment and
development as one single issue.
The document was the culmination of a “900 day”
international-exercise which catalogued, analysed, and synthesised: written
submissions and expert testimony from “senior government representatives,
scientists and experts, research institutes, industrialists, representatives of
non-governmental organizations, and the general public” held at public hearings
throughout the world.
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Part I. Common Concerns 1. A Threatened Future I. Symptoms and Causes
II. New Approaches to Environment and Development 2. Towards Sustainable
Development I. The Concept of Sustainable Development II. Equity and the Common
Interest III. Strategic Imperatives IV. Conclusion 3. The Role of the
International Economy The International Economy, the Environment, and
Development I. II. Decline in the 1980s III. Enabling Sustainable Development
IV. A Sustainable World Economy
Part II. Common Challenges 4. Population and Human Resources I. The Links
with Environment and Development II. The Population Perspective III. A Policy
Framework 5. Food Security: Sustaining the Potential I. Achievements II. Signs
of Crisis III. The Challenge IV. Strategies for Sustainable Food Security V.
Food for the Future 6. Species and Ecosystems: Resources for Development I. The
Problem: Character and Extent II. Extinction Patterns and Trends III. Some
Causes of Extinction IV. Economic Values at Stake V. New Approach: Anticipate
and Prevent VI. International Action for National Species VII. Scope for
National Action VIII. The Need for Action 7. Energy: Choices for Environment
and Development I. Energy, Economy, and Environment II. Fossil Fuels: The
Continuing Dilemma III. Nuclear Energy: Unsolved Problems IV. Wood Fuels: The
Vanishing Resource V. Renewable Energy: The Untapped Potential VI. Energy
Efficiency: Maintaining the Momentum VII. Energy Conservation Measures VIII.
Conclusion 8. Industry: Producing More With Less I. Industrial Growth and its
Impact II. Sustainable Industrial Development in a Global Context III.
Strategies for Sustainable Industrial Development 9. The Urban Challenge I. The
Growth of Cities II. The Urban Challenge in Developing Countries III.
International Cooperation
Part III. Common Endeavours 10. Managing The Commons I. Oceans: The
Balance of Life II. Space: A Key to Planetary Management III. Antarctica:
Towards Global Cooperation 11. Peace, Security, Development, and the
Environment I. Environmental Stress as a Source of Conflict II. Conflict as a
Cause of Unsustainable Development III. Towards Security and Sustainable
Development Towards Common Action: Proposals For Institutional and Legal Change
12. I. The Challenge for Institutional and Legal Change II. Proposals for
Institutional and Legal Change III. A Call for Action.
Annexes. Annexe 1: Summary of Proposed Legal
Principles for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Adopted by
the WCED Experts Group on Environmental Law Annexe 2: The Commission and its
Work.
