The discussion on 'Sustainable Development' was significantly propelled after the submission of the report "Our Common Future" to the United Nations in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), chaired by Gro Harlem Brundtland. This report is often referred to as the Brundtland Report and contained the most widely accepted definition of sustainable development.
The discussion on 'Sustainable Development' was started after submitting a report on environment to the United Nations in 1987. That report was
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