Definition
Public Policies on Education for Sustainable Development focuses on policy options to improve the integration of environmental considerations into the working of the economic system and to address some of the social and educational consequences of better integration. High priority needs to be put on building stronger support within governments and society for comprehensive implementation of sustainable development policies. Sustainability depends on maintaining basic ecosystem services, a healthy environment and cohesive societies and balancing these elements will require stronger public policies on education.
Introduction
The concept of Sustainable Development became known and widely used after the publication of the Brundtland Report, which resulted from work in 1987 by the United Nations Commission on the Environment and Development in 1987 (UNCED 1988). However, judging by the number of problems that the definition of Sustainable Development poses, and even by its...
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de Oliveira, E.T.A., de Lima Ribeiro, J.C., de Moraes Hoefel, J.L. (2019). Public Policies on Education for Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_323
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