Africa/Global: The problem with sustainable development

"Sustainable development, the official doctrine of the United Nations, is defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It is a lifesaver for governments that advocate and pursue intensive agriculture, for heads of multinational corporations that waste natural resources, pour waste into the environment and charter dustbin ships, for intergovermental organisations that no longer know what to do and economists proved ignorant of natural constraints. The sustainable development programme is fundamentally flawed, since it portrays indefinite economic growth as compatible with the main tenance of natural equilibria and the solution of social problems," argues this article from the Le Monde Dipolomatique.