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Podcast: In Conversation: An OUP Podcast
Episode: Saleem H. Ali, "Sustainability: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2024)
Description: The growing concern about global environmental change and human impacts on the planet has led to the emergence of a broad field of study on the 'sustainability' of human societies. The term's common usage can be traced back to the advent of the Earth Summit in 1992 when 'sustainable development' was broadly embraced by the international community as an ostensibly win-win proposition for economic development, social inclusion, and ecological conservation. Yet both the natural science underpinnings and the social implications of a quest for sustainability have been diffuse. There is a need for a coherentSustainability:Â A Very S...