The main aims of the Brundtland Commission are:
A. Providing quality education
B. Conservation of natural assets
C. Employment generation
D. Preservation of the regenerative capacity of the world's natural ecological system
E. avoiding the impositon of added costs or risk on future generations
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → B, D & E Only
The Brundtland Commission emphasises on protecting the future generation. This is in line with the argument of the environmentalists who emphasise that we have a moral obligation to hand over the planet earth in good order to the future generation; that is, the present generation should bequeath a better environment to the future generation. At least we should leave to the next generation a stock of ‘quality of life’ assets no less than what we have inherited.
A. Providing quality education - This is not a aim of the Brundtland Commission.
B. Conservation of natural assets - This aligns with the aim of sustainable development.
C. Employment generation - It is not the aims of the Brundtland Commission.
D. Preservation of the regenerative capacity of the world's natural ecological system - This is a core aim of sustainable development as advocated by the Brundtland Commission.
E. Avoiding the imposition of added costs or risk on future generations - This relates to the concept of intergenerational equity and is a key concern addressed by the Brundtland Commission.