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Sustainable development is about the wise use of the planet's resources. Humans inherited 3.8 billion years of natural capital - a finite resource. In the past, development has tended to waste these resources, produce pollution and create inequality. The challenge of sustainable development is to provide a good quality of life for future generations by addressing current social, economic and environmental problems.

The most widely used definition of sustainable development is:

"Development that meets needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." (WCED 1986)

An alternative interpretation is:

"Don't cheat on our children"

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