{"product_id":"9780199242016","title":"Implementing Sustainable Development","description":"At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, political leaders from more than 100 countries made a formal commitment to intensify efforts to resolve global environment and development problems and to strive for sustainable development. This volume examines how governments in the developed industrial world have  responded to the challenge of sustainable development since  it was catapulted into the international stage. It focuses on central government engagement with sustainable development in Australia, Canada, Japan, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. The study shows that sustainable development has been integrated into governmental idiom in most jurisdictions and  has come to be associated with a series of changes to the structures and approaches deployed to manage environmental problems. Yet, it also reveals significant differences of interpretation and priority, and in the enthusiasm with which sustainable development has been received.","brand":"William M. Lafferty, James Meadowcroft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45744121053502,"sku":"9780199242016","price":1676.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780199242016_db334df0-14dc-4799-928a-3e0a93092eae.jpg?v=1707223648","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780199242016","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}