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Sustainable development means achieving economic growth that is widely shared and that protects the earth vital resources. Our current global economy, however, is not sustainable , with more than one billion people left behind by economic progress and the earth environment suffering terrible damage from human activity. Sustainable development requires mobilising new technologies that are guided by shared social values. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has rightly declared sustain able development to be at the top of the global agenda. We have entered a dangerous period in which a huge and growing population, combined with rapid economic growth, now threatens to have catastrophic impact on the earths Climate, biodiversity and fresh-water supplies. Scientist call this new period the Anthropocene- in which human beings have become the main causes of the earths physical and biological changes. The Secretary – Generals Global Sustainability issued a new report that outlines a framework for sustainable development. The GSP rightly notes that sustainable development has three pillars: Ending extreme poverty: ensuing that prosperity is shared by all, including women, youth, and minorities: and protecting the natural environment, these can be termed the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable development, or more simply, the ‘’triple bottom line’’ of sustainable development. The GSP has called for world leaders to adopt a new set of Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) that will help to shape global policies and actions after the 2015 target data for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Whereas the MDGs Focus o reducing extreme poverty, the MDGs focus on reducing extreme poverty, the SDGS will focus on all three pillars of sustainable development: Ending Extreme poverty, sharing the benefits of economic development for all of society , and protecting the earth. THE GREAT CO2 DILEMMA It is, of course, one thing to set SDGs and quite another to achieve them. The problem can be seen by looking at one key challenge: Climate change. Today, there are seven billion people on the planet , and each one, on average, is responsible for the release each year of a bit more than four thons of carbon dioxide Mobile broadband is already connecting even the most distant villages in rural African an India, cutting down significantly on the need for travel, Electronic books are beamed directly to handheld devices, without the need for bookshops, travel and the pulp and paper of physical books. (CO2) into the atmosphere , this CO2 is emitted when we burn coal, oil and gas to produce electricity , drive our cars or het our home. All told, humans emit roughly 30 billions tons of CO2 per year into the atmosphere , enough to charge the climate sharply within a few decades. By 2050,there will most likely be more than nine billion people, if these people are riche than people today (and there for using more energy per person) total emissions worldwide could double or even triple, This is the great dilemma : We need to emit less CO2, but we are on a global path to emit much more.
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