Sustainable\xa0development\xa0is the\xa0organizing principle\xa0for\xa0economic development\xa0while simultaneously\xa0sustaining\xa0the ability of natural systems to provide the\xa0natural resources\xa0and\xa0ecosystem services\xa0on which the economy and society depend. The desired result is a state of society where living conditions and resources are used to continue to meet human needs without undermining the\xa0integrity\xa0and stability of the natural system.\xa0Sustainable development\xa0can be defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability goals, such as the current UN-level\xa0Sustainable Development Goals, address the global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice.While the modern concept of sustainable development is yet derived mostly from the 1987\xa0Brundtland Report, it is also rooted in earlier ideas about\xa0sustainable forest management\xa0and twentieth-century environmental concerns. As the concept of sustainable development developed, it has shifted its focus more towards the\xa0economic development,\xa0social development\xa0and environmental protection for future generations. It has been suggested that the term \’sustainability\’ should be viewed as humanity\’s target goal of human-ecosystem equilibrium, while \’sustainable development\’ refers to the\xa0holistic approach\xa0and temporal processes that lead us to the endpoint of sustainability”.[1]\xa0Modern economies are endeavouring to reconcile ambitious economic development and obligations of preserving\xa0natural resources\xa0and\xa0ecosystems, as the two are usually seen as of conflicting nature. Instead of holding\xa0climate changecommitments and other sustainability measures as a remedy to economic development, turning and leveraging them into market opportunities will do greater good.[unbalanced opinion?]\xa0The economic development brought by such organized principles and practices in an economy is called Managed Sustainable Development (MSD).[attribution needed]The concept of sustainable development has been, and still is, subject to criticism, including the question of what is to be sustained in sustainable development. It has been argued that there is no such thing as a sustainable use of a\xa0non-renewable resource, since any positive rate of exploitation will eventually lead to the exhaustion of earth\’s finite stock;[2]:13\xa0this perspective renders theIndustrial Revolution\xa0as a whole unsustainable.[3]:20f[4]:61–67[5]:22f\xa0It has also been argued that the meaning of the concept has opportunistically been stretched from \’conservation management\’ to \’economic development\’, and that the\xa0Brundtland Reportpromoted nothing but a business as usual strategy for world development, with an ambiguous and insubstantial concept attached as a public relations slogan.