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  2. Sustainability - Wikipedia

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    The diagram with three nested ellipses indicates a hierarchy between the three dimensions of sustainability: both economy and society are constrained by environmental limits The wedding cake model for the sustainable development goals is similar to the nested ellipses diagram, where the environmental dimension or system is the basis for the ...

  3. Triple bottom line - Wikipedia

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    The triple bottom line consists of social equity, economic, and environmental factors. The phrase, "people, planet, and profit" to describe the triple bottom line and the goal of sustainability, was coined by John Elkington in 1994 while at SustainAbility, and was later used as the title of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell's first sustainability report in 1997.

  4. Sustainable Development Goals - Wikipedia

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    Website. sdgs .un .org. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations members in 2015, created 17 world Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ). They were created with the aim of " peace and prosperity for people and the planet..." [1] [2] [3] – while tackling climate change and working to preserve oceans and forests.

  5. Circles of Sustainability - Wikipedia

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    Circles of Sustainability is a method for understanding and assessing sustainability, and for project management directed towards socially sustainable outcomes. [1] It is intended to handle 'seemingly intractable problems' [2] such as outlined in sustainable development debates. The method is mostly used for cities and urban settlements.

  6. Weak and strong sustainability - Wikipedia

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    A diagram indicating the relationship between the three pillars of sustainability, suggesting that both economy and society are constrained by environmental limits Other inadequacies of the paradigm include the difficulties in measuring savings rates and the inherent problems in quantifying the many different attributes and functions of the ...

  7. List of Sustainable Development Goal targets and indicators

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    This List of SDG targets and indicators provides a complete overview of all the targets and indicators for the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.. The global indicator framework for Sustainable Development Goals was developed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs) and agreed upon at the 48th session of the United Nations Statistical Commission held in March 2017.

  8. Sustainable development - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable development is an approach to growth and human development that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. [1] [2] The aim is to have a society where living conditions and resources meet human needs without undermining planetary integrity.

  9. Doughnut (economic model) - Wikipedia

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    Doughnut (economic model) The Doughnut, or Doughnut economics, is a visual framework for sustainable development – shaped like a doughnut or lifebelt – combining the concept of planetary boundaries with the complementary concept of social boundaries. [1] The name derives from the shape of the diagram, i.e. a disc with a hole in the middle.