Unit 4 AOS 1

sustainability

sustainability

meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

economic sustainability

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.

social sustainability

creating an equitable society that meets the needs of all citizens and can be maintained indefinitely. it works to ensure people have their human rights upheld, can participate in the society that they live in, participate in decisions that affect their lives and experience equal access to resources such as food, shelter, education, healthcare and safe water.

environmental sustainability

ensuring the natural environment is used in a way that will preserve resources into the future.

considerations for economic sustainability

• innovation and diversity of industries

• job creation

• economy growth

• trade

considerations for social sustainability

• 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

considerations for environmental sustainability

• biodiversity

• use of natural resources

• waste removal and pollution

• climate change

biodiversity

Biodiversity relates to the variety of all forms of life: the different plants, animals and micro-organisms, the genes they contain and the ecosystems of which they form a part. This is important for health and wellbeing as humans rely on the natural environment to produce the resources required to survive and promote health and wellbeing.

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