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How can we meet the needs of today without diminishing the capacity of future generations to meet theirs? Sustainable development implies a broad view of human welfare, a long term perspective about the consequences of today's activities, and the full involvement of civil society to reach viable solutions.
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from 05-May-2008 to 16-May-2008
On 12 May at 13h15, the OECD will sponsor a panel discussion on “Are OECD Policies Contributing to Global Agricultural Sustainability? at the 16th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD-16) in New York, USA. The debate will be based on the OECD Contribution to UNCSD-16 on “Towards Sustainable Agriculture.”
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21-Mar-2008
As a contribution to the UN Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production, the OECD has identified effective government approaches for using various tools (regulations, taxes, labeling, education) to promote the sustainability of consumption in economic, environmental and social terms.
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06-Mar-2008
This brochure summarises the OECD's cross-cutting work on gender and aims to increase understanding of the role of women in maintaining the three pillars – economic, social and environmental – of sustainable development.
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01-Feb-2008
Read all about the range of sustainable development work (economic, environment and social) in the OECD – statistics, analyses, policy discussions and more.
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from 14-Jan-2008 to 15-Jan-2008
This workshop, held in Amsterdam, convened noted experts to explore how to conduct sustainability assessments and their relationship to other types of policy evaluations.
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from 08-Oct-2007 to 09-Oct-2007
Sustainable development experts from government ministries in OECD capitals met on 8-9 October 2007 in Paris to discuss a range of topics including: 1) how to promote sustainable consumption and production, 2) how to overcome obstacles to implementing national sustainable development strategies, and 3) how to formulate sustainable and coherent development policies. They also developed ways to further mainstream sustainable development perspectives in OECD studies and country reviews.
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