Transcription of Sustainable Development Timeline
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Compiled by Library and Information Centre Sustainable Development Timeline " Sustainable Development is Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." from the World Commission on Environment and Development s (Brundtland Commission) report Our Common Future, Oxford University Press, 1987 Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist, was the first person to claim in 1896 that fossil fuel combustion may eventually result in enhanced global warming. In 1992, the Earth Summit marked a milestone with agreement by more than 178 countries on Agenda 21, the visionary blueprint for Sustainable Development . Several such significant developments and events have marked the journey toward Sustainable Development .
1985 Antarctic ozone hole discovered by British Antarctic Survey. ... Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and environment from chemicals that remain intact in the environment for lo ng periods, become widely distributed geographically, and have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment. ...
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