Editing Sustainable development (section)

==Definition==
In 1987, the United Nations [[World Commission on Environment and Development]] released the report ''Our Common Future'', commonly called the [[Brundtland Report]].<ref name=":1" /> The report included a definition of "sustainable development" which is now widely used:<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Keeble |first1=Brian R. |title=The Brundtland report: 'Our common future' |journal=Medicine and War |date=1988 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=17–25 |doi=10.1080/07488008808408783}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains two key concepts within it:
* The concept of 'needs', in particular, the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and
* The idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs.|author=[[World Commission on Environment and Development]]|source=''[[Our Common Future]]'' (1987)}}Sustainable development thus tries to find a balance between [[economic development]], [[environmental protection]], and [[social well-being]].

Scholars note that sustainable development is understood in many different ways.''<ref name=":3" />'' They also highlight inconsistencies in the current market-driven system of social, economic and political organization. Efforts toward global sustainability must consider the diverse challenges, conditions, and choices that affect prospects and prosperity for all, everywhere.

[[Sustainability]] means different things to different people, and the concept of sustainable development has led to a diversity of discourses that legitimize competing sociopolitical projects.<ref name=":6" />