Q1. What is the meaning of sustainable development?
Ans: Sustainable development is the development that satisfies the needs of the present without compromising the capacity of future generations, guaranteeing the balance between economic growth, care for the environment and social well-being.
Q2. Explain the importance of education on sustainable development.
Ans: Education is the most important factors for sustainable development. Children who have gone to school will be able to do jobs so that they can take care of themselves and their families. Education helps us become aware of our role as a responsible citizen. We should
- use the facilities present in our areas.
- take our friends to school.
- help friends’ study.
- stop friends from dropping out of school.
Q3. Why do you think the United Nations has made the 17 Sustainable Development Goals?
Ans: The 17 SDGs have been made to take care of important issues facing businesses, governments and society. Some of these issues are poverty, gender equality, water use, energy, climate change and biodiversity. Countries are now making policies and regulations that will promote sustainable systems needed in all economic sectors to provide a secure, affordable and sustainable economy.
Q4. Discuss the role of sustainable development to provide financial stability.
Ans. Sustainable development practices have the ability to create more financially sustainable economies across the globe. Developing countries that cannot access fossil fuels can leverage renewable forms of energy to power their economies. From the development of renewable energy technologies, these countries can create sustainable jobs as opposed to finite jobs based on fossil fuel technologies.
Q5. The achievement of sustainable development requires what?
Ans. The achievement of sustainable development requires the integration of economic, environmental and social components at all levels.
Q6. How does sustainable development help to manage climate change?
Ans. Climate change can be mitigated through sustainable development practices. These practices seek to reduce the use of fossil-based sources of fuel such as petrol, diesel, natural gas and coal.
Fossil fuels as sources of energy are unsustainable since they will be depleted at some time. Their burning is also responsible for the emission of greenhouse gases and consequent global warming and climate change.
Q7. Write any three challenges to sustainable development.
Ans. Three challenges to sustainable development are :
- Rise in population level would lead to severe environmental degradation in the future.
- Poor management of natural resources combined with growing economic activities will continue to pose serious challenges to environment.
- Due to rise in income, the demands for improvement in environmental quality will increase as well as the resources available for investment but it is not mandatory in some cases as problems are observed to get worse as income rise.
Q8. Why there is a need for sustainable development? Give reasons.
Ans. Sustainable development is necessary for the maintenance of the environment. There is a need of sustainable development because of the following reasons
- Sustainable development teaches people to make use of means and resources for the maximum benefit without wastage.
- Sustainable development brings about changes in people’s knowledge, attitude and skill.
- Sustainable development aims at achieving the goal of economic and social development without destroying the Earth’s means and resources.
Q9. Explain the short-term solutions related to sustainable development.
Ans. The short-term solutions related to sustainable development are as follows
- The practice of illegal deforestation and smuggling of forest resources should be stopped.
- Proper balance ought to be maintained between deforestation and afforestation.
- Planning and building of industrial zones to manage and process are types of wastes.
- Proper treatment system, recycling of waste and their proper disposal should be undertaken.
- Adoption of rainwater harvesting techniques, drip/sprinkler irrigation and use of alternative sources of energy.
- Less chemical fertilizers should be used along with environment-friendly pesticides and weedicides.
Q10. Mention the main principles of sustainable development.
Ans. Main principles of sustainable development are :
- Respect and care for all forms of life.
- Improving the quality of human life.
- Minimising the depletion of natural resources.
- Conserving the Earth’s vitality and diversity.
- Enabling communities to care for their own environment.
- Changing personal attitude and practices towards the environment.