Highlights of the recommendations of the President`s Council on Sustainable Development

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:422813

Zwally, K D ^[1]

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1. Initiative on Joint Implementation, Washington, DC (United States)

After three years of investigation, listening and learning, the President`s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) reached unanimous agreement and delivered its report to President Clinton in March, 1996. The 186-page document--a mixture of fundamental beliefs, goals, as well as scores of recommendations and implementation actions--is designed to define sustainability and guide the nation toward achieving it. The recommendations are directed toward government, industry, citizen groups and individuals. The report calls for wide-ranging action that would fundamentally alter the way problems are solved in the US. At the heart of the Council`s recommendations is the conviction that economic, environmental and social equity issues are inextricably linked and must be considered together. Decision makers in government, the private sector, community organizations, and the home must reflect this thinking in their daily choices. Another core belief is that to encourage sustainable development some things must grow--jobs, productivity, wages, capital, savings, information, and education--and others--pollution, waste and poverty--must not.

• OSTI ID: 422813
• Report Number(s): CONF-960805--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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