Presentation: history on the move

Introduced in 1987 by Gro Harlem Bruntland, the former prime minister of Norway and president of the United Nations Commission on Environment and Development, sustainable development is today a widely accepted concept. It is a matter of pursuing development that fulfills present needs without compomising the capacity of future generations to fulfill their own needs. In short, it is development that is at once ecologically tolerable, economically viable and socially acceptable today and tomorrow, here and elsewhere.

Often mentioned are the "3 P’s" of sustainable development: People, Prosperity, Planet. This is another way of expressing the need to integrate the social, economic and environmental components of sustainable development. In addition, in view of present challenges worldwide, the ethical, demographic and geopolitical aspects of sustainable development have also become more and more visible in recent years.