Sustainable development won't solve environmental crises, say these experts. It's simpler than that

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Sustainable development is a priority for anyone genuinely concerned about the environment.

Unless we as a society rethink our use of global resources, life, as we know it, will one day cease to exist.

The United Nations has made this an international imperative, setting out a series of 17 broad sustainability goals which it hopes can be met by 2030.

The corporate world has also come on board, with an ever-growing number of companies developing their own green reporting standards and committing to a sustainable future. Meeting those objectives is now a trillion-dollar industry.