ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

Human values

Unsustainable

Unsustainable

Unsustainability

Broader

Change-Permanence

Continuance-Cessation

Problem

Unsustainable short-term improvements in agricultural productivity

Unsustainable population levels

Unsustainable exploitation of fish resources

Unsustainable energy consumption

Unsustainable economic development

Unsustainable development of forest lands

Unsustainable development of coastal zones

Unsustainable agricultural development

Uncontrolled urban development

Natural environmental degradation from recreation and tourism

Inadequate integrated freshwater management

Government budget deficits

Burden of servicing foreign public debt

Unsustainable shrimp farming

Unsustainable rural development

Unsustainable livelihoods

Unsustainable harvesting rates

Unsustainable development

Unrealistic policies

Unnecessary personal consumption

Taxation deductions promoting unsustainable development

Socially unsustainable development

Socially irresponsible programmes of transnational banks

Replicating patterns of unsustainable consumption

Overpopulation of shipping vessels

Obfuscation of sustainable development

Lack of integrated management of biodiversity

Increasing unsustainability of global development

Inadequate watershed management

Inadequate economic policy-making

Excessive consumption of resources in industrialized countries

Degradation of mountain environment by leisure activities

Defective land use planning

Attrition of integrity of institutions

Unsustainable scale of development

Unsustainable development of fresh waters

Unsustainable consumption patterns

Lack of integrated energy resource management

Strategy

Strengthening traditional sustainable agriculture

Researching sustainable agriculture

Reorienting education towards sustainable development

Promoting sustainable use of biodiversity

Promoting sustainable livelihoods

Promoting sustainable capitalism

Promoting environmentally sound economic growth

Measuring sustainability

Managing tourism for both recreation and conservation

Maintaining national monetary and fiscal discipline

Integrating population programmes in environment and development plans

Improving urban governance

Implementing international commitments jointly

Ensuring sustainable agricultural development

Ensuring national economic policies support sustainable development

Developing sustainable land use policy

Developing policy for conservation of forests

Developing international environmental law

Creating environmentally sound trading practices

Certifying wood

Building sustainable communities

Using sustainable technologies

Using new techniques of data collection on sustainable development

Using multi-disciplinary approaches to common property regimes

Using environmentally sound pricing

Training in community water resources management

Supporting sustainable development of small island developing countries

Supporting developing country efforts to implement international agreements and instruments on sustainable development

Strengthening sustainable development through trade cooperation

Strengthening role of indigenous communities for sustainable development

Strengthening role of farmers in sustainable development

Strengthening participation of women in sustainable development programmes

Strengthening national research to support sustainable development

Strengthening institutional capacity to implement sustainable development plans

Strengthening capacity to build demographic factors into national sustainable development policies

Reviewing progress made in achieving sustainable consumption patterns

Resolving environmental conflicts

Researching contribution of forests to sustainable water resource management

Reinvesting military capacity in civil goals

Reducing subsidies that undermine sustainable development

Reducing energy consumption

Raising awareness of demography in sustainable development planning

Providing incentives for sustainable use of natural resources by farmers

Providing incentives for biodiversity conservation

Providing environmental education in schools

Promoting sustainable use of forest biodiversity

Promoting sustainable energy consumption

Promoting sustainable development in decision making

Promoting sustainability through cross-sectoral dialogue

Producing universal declaration on sustainability

Producing environmental resource inventories

Preparing education material on regional sustainable development issues

Planning integrated food plant nutrient programmes

Partnering for change

Networking the environment and development arena

Monitoring sustainable quality of life

Mobilizing funds through UNDP to support national capacity building for sustainable development

Managing wetlands

Managing tropical catchments

Living sustainable lifestyles

Linking established science with indigenous knowledge

Integrating sustainable development in curricula of business, industrial and agricultural schools

Integrating sustainable development ethics into education, training and research programmes

Integrating national energy efficiency policy

Integrating humanitarian issues and sustainable development

Integrating energy management

Integrating demographic and sustainable development concerns in education

Increasing sustainable food production

Increasing efficiency of symbiotic processes for sustainable agriculture production

Increasing availability of plant materials for afforestation

Incorporating women's knowledge of conservation in sustainable development databases

Incorporating sustainable indigenous management systems for land resources

Incorporating sustainable development indicators in international reports and databases

Including sustainable development in company education and training programmes

Improving human settlements

Improving consultation mechanisms on disputes concerning sustainable development

Implementing sustainable strategies through regional planning

Implementing sustainable strategies through local planning

Identifying requirements for international technical assistance for sustainable development

Identifying national priorities for conservation of biological diversity

Identifying areas where sustainability is threatened by demographic factors

Financing sustainable development

Facilitating joint ventures for sustainable development

Expanding role of children and youth in sustainable development

Expanding research on mountain ecosystems

Expanding programmes for continuing adult education on sustainable development

Expanding environmental management education and training

Expanding capacity of research centres for sustainable agricultural production

Establishing sustainable aquaculture development strategies

Establishing quality of life indicators

Establishing environmentally responsible enterprises

Establishing demonstration projects on sustainable development methodology

Ensuring sustainable personal consumption

Ensuring sustainable industrial development

Ensuring sustainable development of energy resources

Ensuring sustainable development of coastal zones

Ensuring public participation for sustainable agriculture

Ensuring environmentally responsible production

Encouraging private sector investment in sustainable development

Enabling poor to achieve sustainable livelihood

Elaborating general principles and obligations of states with respect to sustainable development

Developing world ethic for sustainable living

Developing technical competence in dryland agriculture

Developing sustainable population policy

Developing sustainable policy for public procurement

Developing sustainable economic systems

Developing sustainable development policy

Developing sustainable coastal fishing policy

Developing sustainable agriculture in humid areas

Developing rainforest action plan

Developing principles of sustainability

Developing national policies to change unsustainable consumption patterns

Developing methods for conserving biological diversity

Developing management strategies for biodiversity conservation

Developing international sustainable energy policy

Developing environmentally sound agricultural technology

Developing broad environmental education

Designing sustainable urban settlements

Designating environmentally regulated industrial zones

Creating sustainable cities

Creating global sustainability

Creating global alliance for environmental sustainability

Creating appropriate transport systems

Coordinating regional sustainable development activities

Cooperating for sustainable development

Cooperating for local sustainable rural development

Converting military technology in support of sustainable development

Constructing sustainably

Conducting a periodic review of United Nations system efforts to integrate environment and development

Compiling urban indicators

Committing businesses to sustainability

Building ecologically

Building demographic factors into national policies for sustainable development

Building capacity for conserving biological diversity

Building administrative structures for sustainable development

Building a sustainable society

Assisting developing countries to participate effectively in new negotiations on sustainable development

Assessing links between demographic factors and sustainability

Assessing impact of unsustainable production and consumption patterns

Assessing financing costs of sustainable development

Assessing costs to support sustainable construction industry activities

Applying science sustainably

Advocating sustainable development

Advocating responsible tourism

Adopting integrated approaches to sustainable development

Achieving sustainable production and consumption

Achieving sustainable harvesting rates

Working towards sustainable development

Using sustainable development indicators in satellite accounts and national accounts

Using research results to assess sustainable development issues

Using oceans sustainably

Using interdisciplinary teams with local expertise for sustainable development studies

Using indigenous education systems for education in sustainability

Using economic instruments to reduce unsustainable use of agrochemicals

Using economic instruments to encourage sustainable use of land resources

Using criteria for safe management of solid waste

Undermining unsustainable organizations

Transforming environmental information for different user groups

Transferring sustainable land management practices to and among developing countries

Transferring information for sustainable resources use in construction

Training youth for employment in sustainable development

Training specialists for interdisciplinary programmes on sustainable development

Surveying private sector information on sustainable development

Supporting sustainable farming by shares

Supporting research on traditional and sustainable production methods

Supporting national sustainable growth and development

Supporting investment for diversification and national sustainable development

Supporting environmentally sound technology for sustainable development of small islands

Supporting diversification on an environmentally sound and sustainable basis

Supporting demographic changes for sustainable development

Supporting conservation of biological diversity on private lands

Supporting and strengthening regional and public/private cooperation for sustainable development

Studying lifestyles

Strengthening women's NGOs and groups for sustainable development

Strengthening training for sustainability in development aid projects

Strengthening the United Nations as effective force for global sustainability

Strengthening the environmental and operational sustainability of technical cooperation projects

Strengthening sustainable development economics

Strengthening scientific advice in the United Nations system

Strengthening role of local authorities in sustainable development

Strengthening research to build demographic factors into local sustainable development programmes

Strengthening programmes of intergovernmental organizations to support Agenda 21

Strengthening national capacities on sustainable forest use

Strengthening local understanding and sustainable use of marine living resources

Strengthening joint activities of international organizations in technical cooperation for sustainability

Strengthening international programmes supporting national sustainable development policies

Strengthening international institutional capacity for sustainable use of forest resources

Strengthening institutions responsible for population and sustainable development research

Strengthening institutions for conserving biological diversity

Strengthening capacity of developing countries for sustainable use of marine living resources

Strengthening bilateral aid programmes in support of sustainable development

Spatial planning

Setting up training programmes in sustainable development for education professionals

Reviewing sustainability of policies of international agencies and finance institutions

Reviewing progress on training for sustainable development

Reviewing priorities for future law making on sustainable development

Restoring sustainable productivity in severely desertified drylands

Researching energy efficiency

Reporting progress on women's rights and roles in sustainable development

Reporting achievement towards sustainable development

Reorienting higher education towards sustainable development

Reinvesting in sustainability

Reinforcing values supporting sustainable development

Reducing unsustainability of macroeconomic policies

Reducing ecologically unsustainable marine traffic

Recognizing imperfect synthesis of concepts of sustainable development

Raising awareness of water

Publicizing services supporting sustainable production and consumption

Providing technical support on using economic instruments for sustainable development

Providing sustainable water resource planning

Providing public information on sustainable development in coastal zones

Providing educational media for the young on sustainable development

Promoting sustainable organizations

Promoting regional and subregional capacity building for sustainable development

Promoting gender-responsive development

Promoting cooperation on transboundary sustainable development issues

Producing TV and radio programmes for environmental awareness

Producing directory on sustainable development

Preparing training manuals on population and sustainable development

Preparing sustainable development plans for small islands

Preparing national strategies to meet basic learning needs for sustainable development

Preparing national plans in developing countries for achieving sustainable development

Preparing detailed land capability inventories as basis for sustainable land management

Preparing analytical framework for sustainable development and impact on population

Planning for sustainability

Participating in international sustainable city networks

Organizing panels of international environmental experts

Networking on sustainable energy

Modifying unsustainable policies

Mobilizing people in public awareness programmes for sustainable development

Mobilizing donor resources for national capacity building on sustainable development

Managing wild renewable resources through local communities

Managing water resources for sustainable rural development

Managing land use

Managing international efforts for sustainable development

Making inventory of economic instruments for sustainable development

Making environmental products

Making economic agreements for biodiversity conservation

Linking financial services to biodiversity conservation

Linking environmental monitoring centres

Involving women entrepreneurs in national expertise groups for sustainability

Involving local people in raising public awareness on the environment

Involving farmers and their representatives on policy-making for sustainable development

Integrating sustainable development issues into all training curricula

Integrating sustainable development goals into development aid strategies

Integrating management of city water supplies

Informing about sustainable agriculture

Increasing voluntary contributions to sustainable development through NGO channels

Increasing training for sustainable development

Increasing trained personnel for conserving biological diversity

Increasing support for sustainable development programmes of small and medium enterprises

Increasing public awareness of sustainable development

Increasing involvement of NGOs in designing and implementing education programmes for sustainable development

Increasing awareness of demographic impacts on sustainable development

Incorporating children's concerns in sustainable development policies and strategies

Including sustainable development issues in journalistic education

Including environmental, social and gender impact analyses in sustainable development programmes

Including demographic concerns in international programmes for sustainable development

Improving training programmes to help graduates get jobs

Improving training on sustainable development law

Improving regional demographic information

Improving public understanding of scientific reports on local sustainable development issues

Improving NGO access to data and information on sustainable development

Improving marketing to support sustainable development

Improving financial resources and mechanisms for sustainable development

Improving cooperation with industry on sustainable development strategies and programmes

Improving cooperation on sustainable development programmes for and by children

Improving competitiveness to support sustainable development

Improving commodity processing to support sustainable development

Improving action plans for conserving biological diversity

Implementing world ethic for sustainable living in all sectors of society

Implementing programmes on sustainable livelihoods

Identifying workforce training requirements for sustainable development

Identifying sustainable technology information gaps

Identifying sustainable consumption patterns

Identifying research needs and priorities for sustainable development

Hindering sustainable development

Giving priority to universal sustainable development curricula in primary schools

Giving higher priority to budgets in sustainable development education and training

Fostering trade union participation in sustainable development programmes

Focusing on programmes serving multiple demographic and sustainable development goals

Financing sustainable development by reducing incremental resource requirements

Financing provision of data on sustainable development

Facilitating public participation in sustainable land management

Facilitating exchange on training for sustainability

Facilitating environmentally sound technologies for coastal zones

Exploring schemes for voluntary contributions to sustainable development

Expanding use of biotechnology to conserve biological diversity

Expanding trade union participation in sustainable development

Expanding research capabilities on sustainable management of forests

Expanding public awareness programmes for sustainable development

Expanding national scientific and technological advisory councils and groups to respond to sustainable development needs

Expanding international exchange on sustainable development education

Establishing zones for sustainable development

Establishing reporting systems on implementation of international instruments for sustainable development

Establishing regional training centres on sustainable development laws

Establishing networks for exchanging experience on farming and sustainable development

Establishing national steering groups for sustainable development

Establishing national councils for sustainable development

Establishing national advisory groups on ethics for sustainable development

Establishing international centres for sustainable development research

Establishing environmental training programmes to meet needs of special groups

Establishing environmental regulatory controls

Establishing clearing houses for environmentally sound technology

Establishing a women and sustainable development focal point in all UNDP field offices

Ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources under national jurisdiction

Ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources of the high seas

Ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources

Ensuring sustainable development of fresh waters

Ensuring sustainable development of forest lands

Ensuring sustainability by national development strategy adjustments

Ensuring socially sustainable development

Ensuring political support for sustainable policies

Enhancing political sustainability of structural adjustment policies

Encouraging public investment in sustainable development

Emphasizing national capacity building for sustainable development

Eliminating tax deductions for environmentally harmful activities

Developing world ethic for sustainable living at national level

Developing trade union policies on sustainable development

Developing sustainable landfill practices

Developing sustainable housing

Developing sustainable development indicators for cities

Developing sustainability indicators for land resources

Developing national goals for the sustainable management of wastes

Developing institutional indicators for sustainable development

Developing implementation mechanisms for international law on sustainable development

Developing environmentally sound technology for sustainable use of marine living resources

Developing environmental technologies

Developing consultative processes on international funding for national capacity building in sustainable development

Developing biotechnologies for environmentally sustainable use of mineral resources

Developing a stronger scientific basis for improving sustainable development policies

Designing sustainable development programmes with school staff and students

Designing for sustainability

Delegating sustainable development to appropriate level

Defining post-Cold War Era in terms of sustainability

Creating venture capital funds for sustainable development programmes

Creating advisory bodies on public information for sustainable development

Coordinating mobilization of domestic financial resources for sustainable development

Coordinating international sustainable development information programmes

Coordinating international sustainable development activities at field level

Cooperating between local NGOs and authorities on sustainable development programmes

Cooperating between industry and trade unions to improve capacity for sustainable development operations

Convening public forums on sustainable development issues

Contributing by trade unions to international programmes for sustainable development

Consulting youth groups on sustainable development programmes

Consulting with indigenous peoples in sustainable development programmes

Considering proposals of youth groups in sustainable development policymaking

Concluding new international agreements to achieve global sustainability

Collecting sustainable development data for national planning

Collecting information on sustainable strategies of local authorities

Collecting data for sustainable development planning in small islands

Building demographic factors into local programmes for sustainable development

Bridging data gap for sustainable development

Avoiding unsustainable consumption patterns in developing countries

Assisting education institutions to contribute more to public environmental awareness programmes

Assisting developing countries to build up expertise in international sustainable development law

Assessing role of environmental taxes in support of sustainable development

Assessing role of ecosystems in producing goods for sustainable development

Assessing influence of vulnerable groups on sustainable development

Assessing impact of public awareness programmes for sustainable development

Assessing external factors affecting sustainable coastal development

Assessing effectiveness of international agreements and instruments on sustainable development

Assessing costs and financing to improve human settlements management

Assessing costs and financing to ensure sustainable land use planning and management

Applying sustainable development indicators for the global commons

Analysing structural links between gender relations and sustainable development

Affirming right to sustainable societies

Adopting sustainable sanitation policy

Adopting sustainable infrastructure policies

Adopting legislation to guide sustainable land development

Adopting integrated policies for management of cities

Addressing acute debt-servicing problems

Achieving sustainable national fiscal policies

Accelerating sustainable development in developing countries

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #1: No Poverty

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Sustainable Development Goal #4: Quality Education

Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality

Sustainable Development Goal #6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Sustainable Development Goal #9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced Inequality

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Sustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action

Sustainable Development Goal #14: Life Below Water

Sustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database

Human values

Type

(D) Destructive values

Subject

Development » Sustainable development » Sustainable development

Content quality

Yet to rate

Language

English

Last update

Dec 2, 2024