Sustainability

Sustainability

Sustainability is defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This refers to meeting today’s needs and planning the country’s growth without creating problems or depleting resources for future generations

Economic sustainability 

Economic sustainability means ensuring that average incomes in all countries are adequate to sustain a decent standard of living and continue to rise in line with inflation and living costs in the future

How can economic sustainability promote health and human development?

An economically sustainable country means all people can earn a decent income, as such allowing people to buy and afford necessary resources such as food and shelter. This allows more people to access for a decent standard of living, thereby promoto human development.

An economic sustainable country means that the government has the capacity to provide service and infrastructure such as for education and transport, allowing more people to be connected to jobs and markets. This increase the ability for people to lead productive and creative lives according to their needs and interests, thereby improving human development.

An economic sustainabile country means that more student can stay in school and not forced into labour due to poverty, allowing student to access knowledge and expand their choices and capabilites, improving human development.

An economic sustainable country means that the government has the capacity to generate adequate taxation revenue. This money can be invested and maintain necessary health services for treatment of diseases such as lung cancer, which means complications can often be treated, allowing more people to live long and healthy lives, thereby improve human development.

An economic sustainable country means that average incomes are high and increasing in line with inflation. This means that more families will be able to access nutritious foods are high in nutrients such as vitamins that gives them more energy to participate in the life of the community such as sports club, improving human development.

An economic sustainable country means it has high GNI per capita. This means people have more income to explore in which hobbies and interests such as sports are fulfilled, allowing lead productive, creative lives according to their needs and interests, thereby improving human development.

Considerations for achieving economic sustainability

• Innovation and diversity of industries

• Trade

• Job creation

• Economic growth

Innovation and diversity of industries to achieve economic sustainability

Innovation and diversity of industries relates to developing new industries ans having a range of different industries so if one fails the other can promote economic sustainability. This means the economy is more secure, so money can continue to be provided for resources, such as health care that promote physical health and wellbeing.
Low and Middle income countries experience a low level of industries where they tend to rely on agriculture as their sole industry which is dependent on factor such as weather patterns and global markets that are unstable and prevent long term economic growth.

• A development of newer and diverse industries is important for low and income countries ensure that interruptions to specific industires will not cause economic catastrophe within a country.

In high income countries, development and diversity of industires is important for economic sustainability because it helps diversify the economy and create new jobs, especially as many countries are undergoing a significant change and potential loss of jobs due to technological advancement. This ensures average incomes to be maintained and improved for the next generation.

Job creation for achieving economic sustainability

Job creation means that people can earn a wage and contribute to their economy, where more people in work means more people spending money on goods and services, which stimulates businesses and encourages further investment, thereby contributing to economic sustainability.

Economic growth for achieving economic sustainability

Economic growth means a sustained growth in Gross National Income per capita and ensure more taxes are collected to invest in infrastructure and maintain public services such as healthcare. This allows them to create new jobs for the economy, promoting economic sustainability.

Trade for achieving economic sustainability

In low and middle income countries, trade opportunities allows them to trade their goods on global market to increase their incomes and earn higher incomes.. This money flows into the economy and supports job opportunities, promoting economic sustainability

Low and middle income countries often lack the processing capabilities to turn their raw products into more value for example the cost of the beans into a jar of coffee, thereby limiting the income earned in the countries, reducing the potential to be economically sustainable.

Social sustainability

Social sustainability is about ensuring an equitable society in which all people have access to social resources both today and in the future.

• It includes access to human rights, education, health care , political empowerment and connection to community.

• Social sustainability builds skills and capacities, improves the quality of lives and increases equity, inclusions and resilience and is therefore essential for health and wellbeing of individuals as well as local, national and global communities

Aims of social sustainability

• Have their human rights upheld

• Can participate in which the society they live, including establishing and mainataining community connections

• Can participate in the decisions that affect their lives, including political empowerment

• Experience equal access to social resources such as education and health care.

Considerations for achieving social sustainability

• Promote equality through the elimination of poverty and the provision of social protection systems

• Gender equality

• Access to safe and decent working conditions

• Promotion of political and legal rights

• Peace and security

Promote quality through the elimination of poverty and provision of social protection systems

Social protection refers to assistance provide by government to vulnerable people to meet basic needs such as income, food and housing.

In low and middle income countries, the absence of social protections systems such as income for people experiencing poverty drives vulnerable groups further into poverty as families might keep children out of school to work and earn money. This limits future earning potential and deepens long-term poverty, thereby reducing their access to knowledge and potential to develop to their full potential, reducing level of human development.

If poverty is eliminated, more people can earn and income and access the resources required for a decent standard of living such as education, food, celan water, adequate housing and sanitation, thereby improving human development.

Gender equality

Gender equality refers to women and girls must be able to access the same opportunities as men and boys in relation to education, employment, leadership and decision making.

Improving gender equality means that women can access the same opportunities as men such as education and voting in elections, gives opportunities to women to participate in the life of the community and more women feeling more a part of society in which they feel socially included, thereby improving human development.

Improving gender equality means that women are allowed to work and earn an income, improving the financial security within the family. This reduces level of stress and anxiety, thereby improve mental health and wellbeing.

Improving gender equality means that there will be better laws and policies to protect women from violence, punish offenders, and support survivors. This can deter violent behaviour and reduce the risk of injuries, thereby improve physical health and wellbeing.

A lack of gender equality means that a woman may extreme violence and discrimination based on her sex. This can reduce her level of confidence to have a say in her life, redcuing mental health and wellbeing.

Improving gender equality means that women will have more of a say in their lives. This means females are more empowered to make their own decision about their lives such as whether and whom they marry, thereby participate in the decision that affect their lives, improving human development,

Access to safe and decent working conditions

By improving access to safe and decent working conditions, this would result in the reduction of forced and unsafe condition of child labour where children would be able to stay in school and socialise with their peers, promoting social health and wellbeing.

By improving access to safe and decent working conditions, there will be better laws to protect people in women into forced labour and prostituition, which reduces their risk of consttracting HIV and other STIs, reducing mortality and morbidity rates.

By improving access to safe and decent working conditions, there will be safer laws regarding to the use of dangerous equipment, allowing people to feel safe at work and earn a reliable income, which can improve the ability to afford the resources required for a decent standard of living. This improves human development.

By improving access to safe and decent working conditions, there will be better laws regarding working rights to improve the treatment of employeesm allowing people to feel safe and sastisfication in their jobs and experience positive emotions such as pride in the career, improving emotional health and wellbeing.

Promotion of polticial and legal rights

Promotion of political and legal rights means that there may be better laws regarding compulsary schooling for children, where children would be able to stay in school and socialise with their peers which promotes social health and wellbeing and access to knowledge.

Peace and security

During times of conflict, there is often high motality rate from

If there is peace in a country, people are more likely to receive protection under law during times of peace. This promote feelings of security, which promotes mental health and wellbeing.

During times of conflict, there is often reduced imports and exports in the country. This reduces the ability to earn an income and access resources needed such as food and water for a decent standard of living, reducing the level of human development.

If there is peace in a country, people can go about their daily lives, performing activities such as attending work and going to school