Q 01/05

The 1987 Brundtland Report defined sustainable development as not compromising the needs of whom?

A) Developing nations

B) Future generations

C) Other species

D) The global poor

Answer · why

B) Future generations

The UN commission's report was titled Our Common Future and pushed sustainability into mainstream policy.

Q 02/05

Sustainability is usually described as resting on which three pillars?

A) Energy, water and food

B) Environmental, economic and social

C) Local, national and global

D) Reduce, reuse and recycle

Answer · why

B) Environmental, economic and social

The three-pillar model dates from the 1990s; the SDGs later spelled the same idea out as 17 goals.

Q 03/05

Sustainability is traced to Hans Carl von Carlowitz's 1713 book about which resource?

A) Coal

B) Timber

C) Fish

D) Fresh water

Answer · why

B) Timber

Sylvicultura oeconomica coined 'Nachhaltigkeit', urging that forests be cut no faster than they regrow.

Q 04/05

In which city was the first UN Conference on the Human Environment held in 1972?

A) Geneva

B) Nairobi

C) Stockholm

D) Rio de Janeiro

Answer · why

C) Stockholm

Rio hosted the 1992 Earth Summit that produced Agenda 21; Nairobi is home to the UN Environment Programme.

Q 05/05

How many Sustainable Development Goals did the UN adopt in 2015?

A) 8

B) 12

C) 15

D) 17

Answer · why

D) 17

They replaced the eight Millennium Development Goals and come with 169 targets due by 2030.