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Author(s): Kates, Robert W., and Thomas M. Parris.
Citation: Kates, Robert W., and Thomas M. Parris. 2003. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100(14) (8 July): 8062-8067, 8068-8073.
URL: http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/BCSIA/sust.nsf/pubs/pub80 (Full Text)
Sustainable development exhibits broad political appeal but has proven
difficult to define in precise terms. Recent scholarship has focused on
the nature of a sustainability transition, described by the National
Research Council as meeting the needs of a stabilizing future world
population while reducing hunger and poverty and maintaining the
planet's life-support systems. We identify a small set of goals,
quantitative targets, and associated indicators that further
characterize a sustainability transition by drawing on the consensus
embodied in internationally negotiated agreements and plans of action.
To illustrate opportunities for accelerating progress, we then examine
current scholarship on the processes that influence attainment of four
such goals: reducing hunger, promoting literacy, stabilizing
greenhouse-gas concentrations, and maintaining fresh-water
availability. We find that such analysis can often reveal "levers of
change," forces that both control the rate of positive change and are
subject to policy intervention.
This Document is classified within these Core Themes:
Driving forces relevant to a sustainability transition
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