When she was 10 years old her family moved to the united states after her father had received a rockefeller scholarship. Named for gro harlem brundtland, former prime minister of norway and chair of the world commission on environment and development wced, the unsponsored study almost singlehandedly put sustainability on the map. Gro harlem brundtland joined the elders delegations to israel and palestine again in october 2012 and may 2015. United nations general assembly channeling reality. Norways first female prime minister gro harlem brundtland was directorgeneral of the world health organization who from 1998 to 2003. Some 15 years ago, the world commission on environment and development chaired by gro harlem brundtland, in its report, our common future, offered the following definition of sustainable development. The report, officially titled our common future, was published in 1987 by the world commission on environment and development wced under the lead of former prime minister of norway gro harlem brundtland. Gro harlem brundtland was the former prime minister of norway and was chosen due to her strong background in the sciences and public health. Written under the chairmanship of gro harlem brundtland who was then prime minister of norway, this report presents the results of a broad global consultation aimed at proposing a comprehensive program of change for sustainable development.
Gro harlem brundtland discusses sustainable development at. In 1983, the united nations secretarygeneral invited norwegian prime minister gro harlem brundtland to chair a world commission on environment and development. Influenced by the 1980 world conservation strategy of international union for. Gro harlem brundtland chaired this world commission. Our common future members of the commission chairman. Cents and sustainability securing our common future by decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures by michael h. She spoke april 28 at cornell on the global significance of sustainable development, presenting the 2005 jill. Gsp16 page 2 of 26 executive summary the term, sustainable development, was popularized in our common future, a report published by the world commission on environment and development in 1987.
The world commission on environment and development also known as the brundtland commission after its chairman, gro harlem brundtland was convened by the united nations in 1983 to address growing concern about the accelerating deterioration of the human environment and natural resources and the consequences of that deterioration for economic and social. Download download brundtland report 1987 our common future pdf file read online read online brundtland report 1987 our common future pdf file united nations, 1987 our common future brundtland report. Gro harlem brundtland britannica presents 100 women. As head of the world commission on environment and development, she helped coin the term sustainable development in the organizations landmark 1987 report, our common future. Gro harlem brundtland dr gro harlem brundtland was born in oslo, norway, on 20 april 1939. Mansour ahalid sudan susanna agnelli italy saleh a. Brundtland report 1987 our common future pdf file telegraph. This page was last edited on 5 decemberat our common future brundtland report sustainability. This album documents her lecture and the evening reception which followed. A medical doctor and master of public health mph, gro harlem brundtland spent 10 years as a physician and scientist in the norwegian public health system. Also known as the brundtland report, our common future included the classic definition of sustainable development. Brundtland report in 1987, the world commission on environment and development wced, which had been set up in 1983, published a report entitled our common future. The commissions report our common future was presented. Report of the world commission on environment and development 1987 annex report of the w orld commission on environment and development.
Our common future, report of the world commission on environment and development. Brundtland, 1987 the 1987 brundtland report, our common future, helped define sustainable development. Dr gro harlem brundtland was born in oslo, norway, on 20 april 1939. Our common future, also known as the brundtland report in recognition of former norwegian prime minister gro harlem brundtland s role as chair of the. Gro harlem brundtland 20 years later, again assigned to. Our common future won the university of louisville grawemeyer award in 1991. Smith, karlson hargroves, cheryl desha, gro harlem brundtland, partner robert purves digital, 465 pages, published 2014 by earthscan publications isbn. Harlem brundtland in the year 1987 her report talks about sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The brundtland commission officially dissolved in december 1987 after releasing our common future, also known as the brundtland report, in october 1987. The document came to be known as the brundtland report after the commissions chairwoman, gro harlem brundtland. Our common future the goal of this presentation is our context here is we need a pathway toward an answer. The uns world commission for environment and development, chaired by former norwegian prime minister gro harlem brundtland and thus referred to as the brundtland commission, published the report our common future, also known as the brundtland report in 1987.
The document popularized and defined the term sustainable development. Gro harlem brundtland delivered the barbara ward lecture in london on 19 june 2018. Although titled our common future the document is often called the brundtland report after the name of the committee chair, gro harlem brundtland who was prime minister of norway between 1990 to 1996. Brundtland chaired the world commission on environment and development, the brundtland commission, which popularized the concept of sustainable development in its landmark report, our common future. Gro harlem brundtland speaks at waterloo radiation research.
Trained as a physician, she became identified with public health and environmental issues. Gro brundtland climate change and our common future. The outcome of the brundtland commission was a comprehensive document entitled our common future, otherwise known as the brundtland report. She also chaired the brundtland commission which presented the report on sustainable development in 1987. It is often called the bruntland report after the chairperson of the commission, the then prime minister of norway, mrs gro harlem bruntland. Established by the united nations in under the chairmanship of dr gro harlem brundtland, brundtlans the prime minister of norway, the report of wced was presented to the world in london on 27 april emo documento our common future nosso futuro comum ou. Our common future world commission on environment and. Our common future world commission on environment and development oxford university press melbourne 1990. The bruntland report, or our common future, is the report made by the world commission on environment and development in 1987. Gro inhereted this passion from her father, and also her dads passion for politics. Book gro harlem brundtland for speaking, events and. Concern about the acute pressure of population growth, modern technology and consumer demand on the planetary fabric had been smoldering. Brundtland commision formally known as the world commission on environment and development wced, the mission of brundtland commission is to unite countries to pursue sustainable development together.
Or download a bookmarked pdf copy of the report from wikisource. The commissions analysis was wideranging, covering many issues including military conflict, food. Gro harlem brundtland, born april 20, 1939, oslo, norway, norwegian politician who was the first female prime minister of norway, serving for three terms 1981, 198689, and 199096, and later was director general of the world health organization who. Gro harlem brundtland, norwegian politician who was the first female prime minister of norway, serving three terms 1981, 198689, and 199096, and later was director general of the world health organization 19982003. The chairperson of the commission was gro harlem brundtland. Our common future, also known as the brundtland report in recognition of former norwegian prime minister gro harlem brundtland s role as chair of the world commission on environment and development wced, was published in 1987 by the united nations through the oxford university press. Our common future, chairmans foreword a global agenda for change this was what the world commission on environment and development was asked to formulate. Rather than presenting a gloom and doom report about the destruction of natural resources, our common future offers an agenda advocating the growth of economies based on policies that do not harm, and can even enhance, the environment. What became known as the brundtland commission concluded in a report titled our common future that a global goal should be to make social and. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. During both trips, the elders continued to support the need for a twostate solution, palestinian reconciliation and improving the humanitarian situation in gaza.
Ever since our common future commonly referred to as the brundtland report on sustainable development was published, i have been an admirer of this remarkable woman who is not afraid to speak the truth, knowing that people like michael repacholi will. This year marks the 25 th anniversary of our common future, commonly known as the brundtland report. In 1987, the united nations commission on environment and development published our common future 1. This report framed much of what would become the 40 chapters of agenda 21 and the 27 principles of the rio declaration on environment and development. Brundtland report in 1987, the world commission on environment and development wced, which had been set up in 1983, published a report entitled our common future the document came to be known as the brundtland report. Following the 1983 world commission on environment and development wced, chaired by gro harlem brundtland, a 1987 report named our common future was published, defining sustainable development as. When gro harlem brundtland talks about sustainability, people listen. Initiatives and impressions on the social brundtland commission. Climate change and our common future gro brundtland, vice chair of the united nations foundation and former prime minister of norway gcep symposium oct. Trained as a physician, she became identified with public health and environmental issues and with the. Brundtland report wikisource, the free online library. The brundtland commission officially dissolved in december 1987 after releasing our common future, also known as the.
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