You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow.
Interpretation
Sustainable development requires addressing essential human needs alongside environmental well-being.
Gro Harlem Brundtland emphasizes the interconnectedness of economic growth, health, and environmental sustainability. To effectively combat hunger, disease, and poverty, itβs crucial to create and maintain a healthy ecosystem that supports human development and economic progress. This holistic approach acknowledges that issues cannot be solved in isolation but require a comprehensive strategy that includes ecological health.
In practice
In a speech about climate change, one could say: 'As Gro Harlem Brundtland noted, we cannot tackle hunger and disease without a healthy ecosystem.'
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