Computational Sustainability: Computational methods for a sustainable environment, economy, and society

The dramatic growth in humanity’s use of natural resources over the past century is reaching alarming levels, threatening our planet and the livelihood of future generations. Our Common Future, the seminal report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, published in 1987, raised serious environmental concerns about the state of our planet. Our Common Future was also forward-looking, introducing for the first time the notion of sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The concerns raised by Our Common Future were reiterated by the United Nations Environment Program in its fourth Global Environmental Outlook report published in October of 2007 (UNEP 2007) and by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007). For example, the fourth Global Environmental Outlook report stated that “there are no major issues raised in Our Common Future for which the foreseeable trends are favorable.”

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