Sustainable development is a broad concept that refers to meeting the needs of people without hurting the environment. The concept was brought to life and named by The World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987.
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Much of the focus on sustainable health care is on prevention rather than cure. This means encouraging healthy eating habits and plenty of exercise, as many Health Maintenance Organizations and health “partnerships” are doing. Sustainable health should go beyond this as anyone can make common sense lifestyle and diet changes.
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Perhaps part of the reason that the debate about whether or not human actions have contributed to what could very well be a disastrous climate change are the predicted events that have already come to pass.
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Early warning signs from climate scientists have had the writing on the wall for many years and now that terrible disasters have happened as a result, it’s time for people to take notice. Transitioning to a carbon free world is no longer a choice. Without dramatic change in the products we use and the way we travel, we will be in for dire consequences.
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Lifestyles are not just a matter of behaving this or that way, but are basically an expression of people’s self-esteem. Lifestyles, therefore, are based on ideas with respect to the individual’s identity. Lifestyle denotes a set of basic attitudes, values, and patterns of behaviors that are common to a social group, including patterns of consumption or even anti-consumption.
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One of the main agenda for sustainable development is the cutting down of carbon emissions which is the main cause of increasingly chaotic climate. To combat climate change, international collaboration is required to change human practices to preserve the environment so that human needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future.
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Developed nations are giving a great deal of direct and indirect aid to foreign nations, much of which is in the form of sustainable development initiatives.
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Migration away from storm, flood, fire and desert ravaged areas will cause great pressures on resources and natural environments. Island nations in South Pacific that are disappearing after inundation with rising sea waters are seeing mass exodus of their citizens. These environmental refugees can clearly attribute their troubles to global warming, caused by climate change
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While there are still some naysayers who would claim that the warnings over climate change are just hot air, one of the direct consequences of climate change is the rise in sea levels and the reversal of productive agricultural regions into desert land. Climate change is leaving behind scars and marks in our environment and our nature.
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Though an overwhelming majority of world populations are in favor of making changes to avert a climate change disaster, a vocal minority postulates that the observed changes since the industrial revolution are part of a natural cycle of periodic climate change.
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