In short, they developed pioneering efforts to adapt to adverse local conditions and define sustainable development paths. (ipcc.ch)
That China and India, with their thousands of years of advanced civilization and science, should have fallen for this instead of leading the way towards cleaner sustainable development paths, is truly sad. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
These atmospheric processes are closely interlinked with environmental, social and economic pillars on which development should be based, and all together may influence the selection of sustainable development paths. (ipcc.ch)