Sustainable Development and Environmental Impact Quiz
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What is the Brundtland Commission’s brief definition of sustainable development?

  • Ensuring that development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (correct)
  • Maximizing economic growth without considering the impact on future generations
  • Focusing on short-term economic gains without concern for the environment
  • Prioritizing the well-being of current generations over future generations
  • What does the Brundtland Commission imply when it mentions 'if current activities impose costs on the future'?

  • Future generations should bear the costs of current activities
  • Full compensation must be paid to future generations for any uncompensated costs (correct)
  • There is no need to consider the impact of current activities on future generations
  • Current activities should be prioritized over the well-being of future generations
  • What forms can compensation take, according to the Brundtland Commission?

  • Increasing resource consumption without regard for future generations
  • Maintaining the status quo without any changes
  • New technologies providing substances and increasing the economic efficiency of resource usage (correct)
  • Ignoring the impact of technology on resource usage
  • What must sustainable development allow for, according to the Brundtland Commission?

    <p>An increase in people’s standards of living with particular emphasis on the well-being of poor people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should sustainable development avoid, according to the Brundtland Commission?

    <p>Uncompensated costs on future generations</p> Signup and view all the answers

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