Abstract

The establishment of the Brundtland Commission was preceded by a long period in which, against the background of the North-South conflict, environmental problems were discussed internationally and the concept of “sustainable development” was coined. This concept owes its popularity to the Commission’s report, which it presented in 1987. The concept became the standard term of the relevant discussion, which can still be found in the discourse on the Anthropocene, but can also be criticised by the latter.