The buzz about sustainable developments hovers around meeting today’s needs without compromising on future generations. The very context and paradigm shift in our approach is because of decades of degradation we have imparted to physical & natural environment around us.
The core of sustainable developments revolves around the realization that resources are limited in nature, needs are ever increasing and so we shall have to strike a balance and adopt optimum ways which are efficient, equitable & economically viable.
Incase we prolong our current pursuits of unsustainable developments, severity of damage to our physical & natural environment shall go beyond irreparable consequences and threat to mankind habitable ecosystem.
This calls for global collaboration & earnest efforts towards interventions & transformation on “Why we do”, “How we live” & “What we give back”.
What are the Sustainable Developments to follow?
What we have witnessed over decades development cycle globally is, economies have grown at the expense of our physical & natural environment, and we have compromised to the level that few attributes have been damaged to almost the irreparable levels. What we are seeing now is, perils of climate change across cities & continents.
So therefore, it is imperative to have sustainable development strategy & action plan to pursue growth with prudent usage of natural endowments, considering present & future needs.
Any sustainable development plan has 3 key pillars to focus on:
- driving economic growth through innovation,
- environment friendly,
- protective ways and social inclusion with special focus to deprived sections of society.
Adopting sustainable practises amount to growth strategies based on low or neutral carbon ways, climate resilient infrastructure, preservation of natural resources, green fuel and efficient logistics.
Growth governed by sustainable development practices shall ensure that economies shall grow in ways to adapt to the challenges posed by global climate change and we shall be able to make use of natural endowments for longer run at present & for future generations.
The approach in India: the national missions
Given the due recognition to embracing sustainable development practises, there has been continuous dialogues, deliberations, sensitization, policy formulation & implementation globally.
In the context of emerging & developing economies, India has taken some noteworthy actions under the umbrella of national missions in the areas of nation-wide improvement in clean water & sanitation and affordable & clean energy and a noticeable change is visible in accessibility & level of services.
What are the proposed solutions?
A comprehensive and pragmatic sustainable development approach may not appear to be simple issue given multitude of variables, their interlinkages & complexity interwind. It would require multifaceted approach, which is dynamic, flexible & iterative in nature.
Few of the key areas which can be addressed at short to mid-term horizon could be, policies promoting conservation, encouraging green energies, pushing climate resilient agricultural practices, promoting public transportation, encouraging sustainable consumption patterns, localization of input resources and global cooperation to address global environmental issues such as climate change.
IQT Group in sustainable development
IQT, as a design engineering & project management group, in its core believes in the theme of promoting, developing and handholding stakeholders in area of sustainable development practises.
Our group’s long standing learning curve experiences across sectors & continued focus on digital engineering applications & solutions shall go a long way in our offerings which shall be mix of innovative technological solutions, local approach & global practices in evolving successful attempts to sustainable development practises.
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