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April 16, 2026Environmental Research Engineering and Management0 citationsOpen Access

How Sustainable Development Will Secure the Future of Humanity and the Planet

PSProf. dr. hab. Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis

Key Points

  • To explore how sustainable development contributes to the future of humanity and the planet.
  • Analysis of the Earth Summit held in 1992
  • Review of the Gro Harlem Brundtland Commission Report
  • Examination of definitions and principles of sustainable development
  • Defined sustainable development as meeting present needs without harming future generations
  • Identified the Earth Summit as a pivotal moment for global environmental policies
  • Emphasized the importance of long-term planning for sustainability

Abstract

The most significant UN event on sustainable development was the 1992 Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro. The summit was based on the Gro Harlem Brundtland Commission Report Our Common Future, in which the official definition of sustainable development was presented: “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

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Prof. dr. hab. Jurgis Kazimieras Staniškis (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e07bc12f7e8953b7cbd705https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.erem.82.1.44293
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