This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article.(December 2020)
Definitions of sustainability often refer to the "three pillars" of social, environmental and economic sustainability.[1]
Sustainable development in Scotland has a number of distinct strands. The idea of sustainable development was used by the Brundtland Commission which defined it as development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."[2][3] At the 2005 World Summit it was noted that this requires the reconciliation of environmental, social and economic demands - the "three pillars" of sustainability.[4] These general aims are being addressed in a diversity of ways by the public, private, voluntary and community sectors in Scotland.
^Adams, W.M. (2006). "The Future of Sustainability: Re-thinking Environment and Development in the Twenty-first Century." Report of the IUCN Renowned Thinkers Meeting, 29–31 January 2006. Retrieved on: 2009-02-16.
^United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development." General Assembly Resolution 42/187, 11 December 1987. Retrieved: 2007-04-12
^United Nations General Assembly (2005). 2005 World Summit Outcome Archived 2009-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, Resolution A/60/1, adopted by the General Assembly on 15 September 2005. Retrieved on: 2009-02-17.
and 29 Related for: Sustainable development in Scotland information
and then confirmed in the 2009 Climate Change Delivery Plan. Maf Smith, director of the SustainableDevelopment Commission inScotland said "Governments...
The SustainableDevelopment Commission (SDC) was a non-departmental public body responsible for advising the UK Government, Scottish Government, Welsh...
Edinburgh (26 October 2010). Renewable energy inScotlandSustainabledevelopmentinScotland Local Energy Scotland HICEC. (2006) Highlands and Islands Community...
technology inScotland, with 11,482 megawatts (MW) of installed wind power capacity by Q1 2023. This included 9,316 MW from onshore wind inScotland and 2...
rotating freestanding structure in the world respectively. Scotland's space industry is a world leader insustainable space technology, and, according...
ˈuəɲə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) are a green political party inScotland. The party has seven MSPs in the Scottish Parliament as of May 2021. As of the 2022 local...
SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is a multinational energy company headquartered in Perth, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock...
living in poverty List of countries by share of income of the richest one percent Right to an adequate standard of living Life satisfaction Sustainable Development...
Scotland has a network of development officers across Scotland. Government Community And Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES), Scotland.gov.uk "Scotland delivers...
based at The Park, in Moray, Scotland, near the village of Findhorn. The project's main aim is to demonstrate a sustainabledevelopmentin environmental,...
inScotland - BBC News". BBC News. 24 March 2016. See for example: Scottish Executive (2005) Choosing Our Future: Scotland'sSustainableDevelopment Strategy...
Scotland has a long history of nuclear research and electricity generation. Nuclear energy consistently accounts for 20-80% of the electric supply in...
was established in 1998 and had offices and fabrication facilities in Leith Docks, Edinburgh, Scotland. It went into administration in November 2014. The...
to many or all 17 SustainableDevelopment Goals. Moving to sustainable food systems, including via shifting consumption to sustainable diets, is an important...
miles (50 km) east of Edinburgh at Torness Point near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It was the last of the United Kingdom's Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors...
the United Nations, such as the United Nation's SustainableDevelopment Goals. Scotland and the Scottish Government have international relations with businesses...
The SustainableDevelopment Research Centre (SDRC) was a research centre based in Forres in the North of Scotland. It was an associate institute for sustainability...
2021. Climate change portal Energy policy of ScotlandSustainabledevelopmentinScotland Climate change in the United Kingdom David Reay, a climate change...
or oil shale) mined in the Midland Valley of Scotland. Across the sea in Germany, oil was found in the Wietze field near Hanover in 1859, leading to the...
transferred to the Scottish Government body Wave Energy Scotland. The Pelamis machine is an offshore wave energy converter, operating in water depths greater...
(/ˌduːnˈreɪ/; Scottish Gaelic: Dùnrath) is a small settlement and the site of two large nuclear establishments on the north coast of Caithness in the Highland...
Scottish Power Limited, trading as ScottishPower, is a vertically integrated energy company based in Glasgow, Scotland. It is a subsidiary of Spanish utility...
money on a life-cycle basis while addressing equity principles for sustainabledevelopment, therefore benefiting societies and the environment across time...
efficiency in British housing Good Homes Alliance Green building Low Carbon Building Programme Sustainable design Sustainabledevelopment UK Green Building...
encourage sustainabledevelopment, some of which would form the basis of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016...
The Shetland Gas Plant is a natural-gas processing plant in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Shetland Gas Plant is the collection and gas processing...
Sustainable agriculture is farming insustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current...
Global Information
