RT Report T1 The Role of Human Dignity in Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Chapter 1 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A1 University of Eastern Finland, A2 May, James R. A2 Daly, Erin K1 sustainable development K1 human rights PB United Nations Environment Programme YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34370 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/34370 NO 'Sustainability’ – the idea that those living have a responsibility to leave for future generations an environment at least as livable as presently enjoyed – has witnessed dispersive distribution, including applications to energy policy, constitutionalism, and the concept of ‘sustainable development’. The latter has become a common if not ubiquitous feature in legal expressions at the international, national and subnational levels, culminating in the United Nations setting 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to achieve by 2030 DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 18, 2026