Sustainable development is... considering 250+ years / 7 generations from now.

When cleaning out, sorting and organising my mass of acquired knowledge, I came across the following:

"

meeting the needs of the present

without compromising

the ability of future generations

to meet their own needs.

”

This definition was made by Ms. Gro Harlem Brundtland, former minister of environment, former Prime Minister of Norway defined 'sustainable development' .

Counting back the years I became aware that 'we' knew that defninition 37 years ago already.

So 'being sutainable' or 'acting sustainable' or 'considering sustainability' did not just show up when we 'discovered' carbon dioxide #CO2 in our #oxygen , its impact on our #biosphere and #lifequality and then pressed for a horrendous #supplychain to #storecarbon #CSS

When we consider and do our #duedilligence in regard to what essential information the former prime minister of Norway provided us with:

"meeting the needs of the present,

without compromising the ability of future generations

to meet their own needs"

Which 5 questions should we ask ouselves?

1. What are our real needs of the present?
2. What does it mean: 'without compromising the ability of future generations' ?
3. What does 'ability' entail?
4. What needs are to be met 7 generations from now, ie in roughly 250+ years?
5. Last but not least: what is the purpose of the species homo sapiens when considering that we share our planet earth with 8.7 milion other species [ ourworldindata.org ]?

When planning and/or organising for setting our our massive #CSS #supplychains throughout #Europe, #Switzerland #Norway #Iceland #The Netherlands thought about transporting #CO2 through Europe and store it in Norway in old and empty #oil #gas fields or even #acquafiers.

When only considering the #finances in Switzerland, as per the end of 2023 each habitant had a #federaldebt of 150 milion [ https://www.efd.admin.ch/de/bundesschulden ] and there are communities that are for 200% in dept, meaning roughly an additional CHF 13'000 per person.

In regard to the #carbonstorage project we need to ask ourselves:

1. can we carry the responsibility for such a massive project over the next 7 generations ?
2. what are the emissions throughout the whole supply chain of the carbon capture and carbon storage #CCS process?
3. what are the #risks ie #foreverchemicals #pfas that we put in the ground with the #co2?
4. what happens if there is too much #co2 in our #drinkingwater?
5. how does #co2 affect the species living and depending on healthy water?
6. how do our trees and forests cope when we 'suck off' the air and take away the co2 they need to feed on - to do their photosynthesis?
7. how does this influence the forests to produce the #oxygen we need to be #healthy and #breathe?
8. how do we justify the expense of billions of CHF, EUR etc as dept only to 'transport air'?
9. why don't we protect our trees, our forests and plant #1t trees #eth more than 1 trillion of trees globally in order to offset the #emissions we create?
10. The Jevons-Paradox says that if we have more 'capacity', we will make more emissions, because we do not want/can/know how to stop and change making emissions.

There are at least 15 questions to think through thoroughly together.

Would you like to do your #duedilligence with me?

Then let me know. I am happy to help.

With kindness,

Manuela

The full ' #Brundtland - Report' can be found in these places:

#UN

https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/sustainability

#EU #LEX #europa #europe

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/glossary/sustainable-development.html#:~:text=Sustainable%20development%20was%20first%20defined,to%20meet%20their%20own%20needs'.

#Switzerland #Schweiz #Bundesrat #Parlament #BAFU #ASTRA

https://www.are.admin.ch/are/en/home/media/publications/sustainable-development/brundtland-report.html

For the 2024 #UN Status, look here:

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/