The candid truth about sustainable development 


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AS we all know, sustainable development is shaped by a framework consisting of three core pillars – economic growth, environmental protection and social inclusion.

It arose from a long-standing battle between economic growth and environmental protection, a struggle that mirrored uncomfortable facts, which desperately needed attention: how natural resources may deplete over time, how decision-making based solely on economic growth could contribute to the depletion, the pressing need to balance economic growth with the management of natural resources, and the possibility of achieving this balance through science and innovation.

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