World Commission on Environment and Development

…became chair of the UN World Commission on Environment and Development, which in 1987 issued Our Common Future, the report that introduced the idea of “sustainable development” and led to the first Earth Summit. In 1998 she became director general of the WHO, where she tackled global pandemics such as…

…released in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) that introduced the concept of sustainable development and described how it could be achieved. Sponsored by the United Nations (UN) and chaired by Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, the WCED explored the causes of environmental degradation, attempted…

…Disarmament and Security Issues, the World Commission of Environment and Development, and the South Commission. The attendees believed that, although there seemed to be overall improvement in world affairs, there was still a need for further commitment to multilateral action and global cooperation. The Stockholm Initiative on Global Security and…

…through the General Assembly, a World Commission on Environment and Development and in 1988 outlined an environmental program to set priorities for the 1990–95 period. International conferences, such as the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the “Earth Summit”), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, have continued to…