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Welcome to the fourth section of this course. In 2015 –

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world leaders adopted Agenda 2030 which aims to free humanity from poverty –

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secure a healthy planet for future generations and build peaceful, inclusive –

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societies as a foundation for guaranteeing decent lives for all.

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The new Sustainable Development Goals – 17 in total – were created for these objectives.

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These sustainable development goals are based on the three pillars of sustainable –

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development: social, ecological and economic. In this section –

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we are trying to clarify the idea of sustainability and sustainable development which has already –

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dominated the discussions on human development and environment for 40 years now.

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Instead of offering one more definition among at least hundreds of different –

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definitions of sustainable development, today we are choosing a different –

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approach. In this section we trace 50 years of history of joint action in –

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international environmental politics using as milestones the largest environmental and –

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development meetings held by the United Nations every ten years.

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The point is to provide a general view of the development that created an understanding –

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of the model of sustainable development that currently guides most of us in environmental –

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and developmental thinking. Although sustainable development is –

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about huge fundamental questions such as basic human needs and existence of –

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non-human nature, we should not forget that sustainable development is by nature a political –

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issue. At the same time, it must be remembered that environmental and sustainability –

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issues are only one, and by no means the most significant theme in the agenda of –

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world politics and they are determined by the political situation –

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and ideologies off each historical period.