IB Core Unit 3 – Environmental Quality and Sustainability

Define the concept of environmental sustainability. Evaluate a management strategy at a local or national scale designed to achieve environmental sustainability.

What is sustainability? It's the seventh Millennium Development Goal: Ensure Environmental Sustainability Targets Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources

Reduce biodiversity loss, achieving, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation Achieve, by 2020, a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers

Write yourself a definition of environmental sustainability, with examples. There should be enough depth to score 3 marks in an exam question!

LONDON CONGESTION CHARGE – EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABILITY Where is the Congestion Charging scheme? When did Congestion Charging start? Date. Has there been any major changes to the scheme's size or scale since it's inception? Who has to pay the Congestion Charge? Who has to pay? How do people pay? What has been the impact of Congestion Charging? What has been the impact upon traffic levels? What has been the impact upon air pollution? What has been the impact upon the use of public transport? Why is the Congestion Charging an example of a management strategy designed to achieve environmental sustainability?

Exam style question: Evaluate a named management strategy at a local or national scale designed to achieve environmental sustainability. [15 Marks]