Sustainable Development

What is the concept of sustainable development?

• Maintain the ecological balance in the short term without considering the long-term impact

• Ignore the needs of the present generation in favor of future generations

• Exploit natural resources without limits for current economic benefit

• Meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

What was the main objective of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972?

• Develop harmful technologies for the environment

• Establish international trade agreements

• Address environmental degradation and human health caused by industrial activities

• Promote excessive consumption of natural resources

What is the objective of environmental education according to the General Law of Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection?

• Develop harmful technologies for the environment

• Promote excessive consumption of natural resources

• Promote comprehensive perception of the environment to achieve more rational behaviors in favor of social and environmental development

• Ignore the needs of the present generation in favor of future generations

What is a strategy to minimize the environmental impact related to consumption?

• Buy products with double plastic packaging to protect the environment

• Increase consumption without considering the environmental impact

• Reduce consumption before buying, exchange goods with others, and avoid using unnecessary packaging

• Not worry about the environmental impact of consumption

What is a clean and sustainable source of energy that does not harm ecosystems?

• Energy generated by burning oil

• Nuclear energy

• Energy generated by burning coal

• Wind energy