Main Factors necessitating Mankind's Transition to sustainable Development

摘要

The UN Conference on Environment and Development, held in June, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro on the level of Heads of States or Governments, declared a new paradigm of socio-economic development for the 21st century, the concept of sustainable development. The paper discusses the basic reasons for unsustainability of the present development of the world, and also the main criteria and requirements of the future model.