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Sustainable development:

Gives precedence to environmental over economic considerations.
Gives precedence to present needs over future needs.
Meets the needs of the present while compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Balances economic and environmental considerations.

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Balances economic and enviromental considerations

Step-by-step explanation:

Sustainable development is a school of thought in the social sciences that aims at balancing economic and enviromental considerations.

The economic considerations are poverty, income distribution, and human development, and the enviromental considerations are the use of natural resources, pollution, and the protection of ecosystems.

Those who promote sustainable development believe that is it necessary to fight poverty and improve human development while at the same time protecting the enviroment. Sustainable development promotes economic growth through sustainable methods. They believe that economic growth will not only reduce poverty, but also help advance better technology that uses the natural resources more efficiently.

A good way to summarize the objectives of this school is to think of green growth, renewable energy, green jobs, and economic, social and enviromental justice.

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