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T0WARDS A
SUSTAINABLE WORLD
SUSTAINABLE WORLD 2024
SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
From the Brundtland Report also known as Our Common Future, which is a publication released by the World
Commission on Environment and Development in 1987, “sustainable development is development that meets
the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development commits Member States to
protect the planet and address climate
change, recognizing it as a significant
challenge.
Climate change efforts face resistance from

governments and corporations, with
challenges in implementing measures like
carbon tax and carbon neutrality.
Alternatives to fossil fuels like ethanol face
efficiency issues and increased corn prices.
Biofuels produce lower emissions but
contribute significantly to total emissions.
Climate change is often seen as a part of the broader challenge in sustainable

development thru a two-fold link:
1. Impacts of climate change can severely hamper development efforts in

key sector
2. Development choice will influence the capacity to mitigate and adapt
to climate change
The World’s Leading Environmental Problems
The Conserve Energy Future website lists the following environmental

challenges that the world faces today:
Changes in
global weather
patterns, and
the surge in
ocean and land
Depredation
OVERPOPULATION temperatures .
caused by
industrial and
transportation
toxins and
plastic in the
ground
Exhaustion of the
world’s natural
non-renewable
resources from oil . Destruction of
reserves to
million-year-old Waste disposal
minerals to
ecosystems and catastrophe due to
potable water
the loss of excessive amount of
biodiversity waste unloaded by
communities in
landfills as well as on
the ocean; and
dumping of nuclear
waste
Reduction of Depletion of ozone
layer protecting the
oxygen and
planet from the
increase in sun’s deadly
carbon dioxide in ultraviolet rays due
the atmosphere to
due to chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) in the
deforestation atmosphere
Deadly acid rain as a Urban sprawls that
result of fossil fuel continue to expand as
combustion, toxic a city turns into a
chemicals from megalopolis,
erupting volcanoes, and destroying farmlands,
increasing traffic
the massive rotting Water pollution arising
gridlock, and making
vegetables filling up from industrial and smog cloud a
garbage dumps or left community waste permanent urban
on the streets residues seeping into fixture
underground water
tables, rivers and seas
Pandemics and
A radical
other threats to
alteration of food
public health
systems because
arising from wastes
of genetic
with drinking water,
modifications in
polluted
food production
environment
FOOD SECURITY
FUTURE PREDICTIONS POINT TO A
SLOW-DOWN IN AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTIVITY AND A FOOD-
GAP MAINLY IN AREAS ACROSS
AFRICA AND ASIA.
INCREASED VARIABILITY AND
RISK FOR FOOD PRODUCERS AND
THE ENERGY AND WATER
SECTORS.
INTERVENTIONS
revisiting the current approach of agricultural intervention.
reorienting the existing agricultural research institutions and policy.
extend the focus on food security within and beyond the agriculture
sector.
incorporating cross-cutting issues.
involving civil society in food policy making processes by promoting
food sovereignty.
CHALLENGES
IN FOOD SECURITY
1. Population Growth: The world's
population is expected to reach 9 billion
by 2050, requiring significantly more
food production.
2. Environmental Degradation:
Deforestation, industrial fishing, and
other human activities can damage
ecosystems and reduce biodiversity,
which can have a negative impact on
food production.
3. Water Scarcity:
Fresh water is limited and
overused. Endangering agriculture.
4. Climate Change and Pollution:

Disrupts weather patterns, leading to
extreme events that harm crops.
5. Unequal Distribution:
Even with enough food globally,
poverty, war, and infrastructure issues
can leave some regions hungry.
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T0WARDS A

Climate change efforts face resistance from

Climate change is often seen as a part of the broader challenge in sustainable

1. Impacts of climate change can severely hamper development efforts in

The Conserve Energy Future website lists the following environmental

4. Climate Change and Pollution:

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