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Until the second half of the 20th century, human development on earth has been largely carried out without undue strain to the eco-system. Frenetic development since the end of the Second World War caused alarm bells to sound in the sixties and seventies, leading to the current global concern for sustainable development. | Australian Universities International Alumni Convention (AUIAC) 5-7 September 2002, Melbourne, Australia Engineering Challenges For the 21st Century By Academician Dato’ Ir. Lee Yee Cheong, DPMP, KMN, AO, President-Elect, The World Federation Of Engineering Organisations (WFEO) Until the second half of the 20th century, human development on earth has been largely carried out without undue strain to the eco-system. Frenetic development since the end of the Second World War caused alarm bells to sound in the sixties and seventies, leading to the current global concern for sustainable development. United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission) Report “Our Common Future” in 1987 defines sustainable development as “Development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. The Brundtland Commission led to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and Agenda 21. A Decade Later, the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) was held in Johannesburg 26 August-4 September 2002. Failure of Agenda 21 since Rio (Kofi Annan) First, a Fragmented Approach to Sustainable Development Secondly, no Major Changes in the Unsustainable Patterns of Consumption and Production Thirdly, there is a lack of mutually Coherent Policies or Approaches in the areas of finance, trade, investment, technology and sustainable development. Fourthly, the Financial Resources required for implementing Agenda 21 have not been forthcoming UN Secretary General in his 2002 Report “Implementing Agenda 21” expects WSSD to reinvigorate Agenda 21 through a new approach integrating the three .

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