Abstract:
This paper discusses difficult choices nations will have to undertake (and those already have taken so far) for
achieving sustainable development and the reasons and priorities for selection of those. Paper supports to a
balanced approach proposed by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to achieve sustainable
development through incorporating social, economic and environmental policies into the heart of the
development. It discusses four actions out of eight proposed by UNEP to achieve this goal such as the importance
of strengthening policy cycle, enhancing technology for the environment, and using trade effectively for
sustainable development and making policy instruments. To achieve sustainable development, developing
countries need to provide with solutions for both unsolved root causes of underdevelopment in those countries
and solutions for emerging environmental issues such as climate change and destruction of ecosystems. For both to
be achieved it is vital for the higher level of individual, local, national and international collective efforts.
