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This effort will help companies with innovative technologies flourishing all across the globe, people will have better
                 jobs, everyone will be able to afford nutritious foods without moving out of their native place, living in a clean, healthy
                 setup with proper sanitation facilities, they will have quality and affordable education, and technical advancement to
                 bring social and economic equality while keeping the environment safe.


                         IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

                 We now know that sustainable  development focuses on  saving the planet along  with  the social  and  economic
                 development of society for the present and future generations to come. The importance of sustainable development
                 lies in the fact that:
                 •  It initiates and promotes approaches for development, conservation, and protection of natural resources to stop
                   environmental degradation.
                 •  It makes us aware of the sensible consumption of our natural resources by reducing, recycling, and reusing available
                   resources.
                 •  It gives solutions in terms of clean energy usage at all levels by efficient use of wind, solar, water energy, etc.
                 •  It ensures environmentally sustainable economic growth.
                 •  It provides methods and alternatives to reduce the impact of air, water, and soil pollution on our environment.
                 •  It supports equality of income, sex, age, disability, race, religion and opportunity for social and economic development
                   of the society.
                 •  It supports the concept of smart and sustainable cities with developed transport, clean water and sanitation, quality
                   education, and decent employment to all.
                 •  It promotes the use of more environment friendly technologies based on the efficient use of resources.
                 •  All the nations across the globe are together in support of implementing these goals in an effective manner.


                         PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

                 There are three major problems related to sustainable development. Let us discuss them one-by-one.

                 Food

                 As we are using up more and more land for designing concrete jungles, we are reducing the land for cultivation of
                 crops. Soil nutrients are also depleting due to pollution from industries, overgrazing of land etc. Overpopulation is
                 another threat for the shortage of food all across the world.





























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