“Sustainable Development of What?” [PDF], Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, vol. 7, no. 3 (September 1996), pp. 129-32.
The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio marked a turning point in world history. Faced with the reality of a planetary ecological crisis, all the countries of the world joined in declaring their support for “sustainable development” — or the goal of striking a balance between present development and the potential for future development, the latter requiring some degree of protection of the earth’s resources.
Translation:
- English language version of preface to the Korean edition of The Vulnerable Planet.
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