Explanation: Concerned with the growing opinion of world community on the environmental issues, the United Nations established a World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) headed by the Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland.

• The Commission gave its report (also known as Brundtland Report) entitled ‘Our Common Future’ in 1987.
• The report defines sustainable development as a “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

Source: NCERT – India People & Economy