Economic system sustainable development

Environmental protection, Economic growth and social development known as three E s. The mission is to implement an environmentally friendly energy system. If we are to achieve sustainable development, we will need to display greater responsibility for energy, economy and environment. 

As is well known, the concept of sustainable development includes three aspects, namely environmental, economic and social. Underestimating any of these facets will lead to a distortion in this equilateral triangle and to a deviation from the overall strategy of sustainability. This strategy can only be implemented when the three tasks are fulfilled simultaneously. The systems approach reveals strong interactions between the three factors of sustainable development. The sustainability will therefore be determined mainly by those parameters that affect at least two of the three factors. 

The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine suggested that an economic-environmental-social model be devised and employed for the purposes of the country s sustainable development. This is a very complex and time-consuming approach that may not be usable at this time of industrial restructuring, privatization and other involved processes occurring in a collapsed national economy. An alternative tactics is put forward, which is applicable at both national and regional level. Instead of mathematical modeling and optimization, it uses systems approach and decision theory techniques. 

The chemical industry must rethink the next set of standards and not simply push Responsible Care to the next incremental step. Sustainable development means economic growth that does not deplete irreplaceable resonrces, does not destroy ecological systems, and helps reduce some of the world s gross social inequalities. 

Kalabin (2000) accomplished a study of the environmental dynamics and industrial potential of the Murmansk region, the most urbanized and industrially developed trans-polar region on the planet. Under these conditions, certain features of environmental dynamics are affected by increased anthropogenic impacts. In this context, Kalabin (2000) analyzed critical environmental loads for some of the northern ecosystems and emphasized the need to investigate their assimilation (buffer) capacity as a principal aspect for the sustainable functioning of natural systems. The solution to regional problems of sustainable development requires a careful analysis of the interaction between ecodynamics and socio-economic development. 

A major amendment was made to the Japanese Chemical Substances Control Law in April 2004 on the recommendations made by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Environmental Conservation Review - Further Expansion of the Regulation Scope for Conservation of Ecosystem in line with the Agenda 21 - Human Action Program for Sustainable Development of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). In order to conform to international harmonisation, the amended Chemical Substances Control Law has introduced a new examination and regulation system to prevent not only hazards to human health but also damages to animals and plants. 

In the Priorities for Action of the IFCS in the year 2000, the target year 2008 was set for implementation of a harmonised system, and this was endorsed by the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. The system adopted in late 2002 was revised in 2005 and 2006 (UNECE 2007). Responsibility rests with the United Nations Economic and Social Council Sub-Committee of Experts on the GHS under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The target of full GHS implementation by 2008 has not been reached, but implementation is well underway. Major actors have set deadlines, such as the United States (transportation 2010) and the European Union (2010 for classification of substances and 2015 for mixtures). 

Various metrics within each of the three dimensions of sustainability have long been well developed and used. Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, literacy and poverty rates, and ambient concentration of urban air pollutants are some examples of economic, social, and environmental metrics employed at the national level. In businesses, financial metrics such as return on investment as well as certain metrics that reflect employee well-being and environmental performance, such as health and safety incident rates and regulated toxic releases, are also conventionally used. Sustainable development, however, requires further cross-functional integration of these metrics as well as the inclusion of additional metrics that facilitate more systemic and comprehensive multidisciplinary communication and thinking. 

Unlike lead-acid and silver oxide batteries, which have historically been collected and recycled due to their economic value, collection and recycling of general purpose batteries is currently undertaken at a cost to the waste generator. All responsible manufacturers whatever the industry, recognise a need to protect the environment and promote sustainable development. However this is rarely possible at zero cost. In the late 1980 s many battery systems still contain a significant proportion of toxic elements whose environmental impact after use needed to be controlled. 

The problem of managing the climate and environment system can be viewed as a general optimization problem how should one deploy the finite resources available to humankind to achieve a sustainable development path that optimizes the human welfare of both the present and future generations The task is to find an optimal balance between environmental protection efforts (in the forms of labor expenditures, human and capital investments, technological development, etc.) and the loss of welfare in other sectors relevant to human well-being (such as industrial development and the production of consumer goods, arising from the redeployment of the resources used to protect the environment from other economic activities). 

The way that regulation contributes to sustainable development is changing significantly. Europe and the OECD countries are moving towards a regulatory system that combines the historic command and control with a system that makes greater use of economic instruments. The debate is more about what economic instruments will be used for what pollution load and how quickly rather than whether it happens. 

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