Unless we start to make real progress toward reconciling these contradictions, we all, wherever we live, face a future that is less certain and less secure than we in the UK have enjoyed over the past fifty years. We need to make a decisive move toward more sustainable development both because it is the right thing to do - and because it is in our own long-term best interests. It offers the best hope for securing the future. The UK Government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Administration have agreed upon a set of shared UK principles that provide a basis for sustainable development policy in the UK.
This page sets out the shared UK principles of sustainable development in the UK. They apply to the UK Government, Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Administration. For a policy to be sustainable, it must respect all five principles. We want to live within environmental limits and achieve a just society, and we will do so by means of sustainable economy, good governance, and sound science.
What The Goverment Is Doing
The following pages provide information on what the UK Government is doing in order to move towards sustainable development.
More Information
In addition there are links to the various Government task forces, working groups and public bodies involved with monitoring and Urban Development.
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on education, including advice for teachers, parents and students
for your community, including information on how your community can make a difference